A UK government-commissioned report shows that Black citizens and other racial and ethnic minorities are still dying from Covid-19 at higher rates than White residents
A government-commissioned report has shown that Black people and members of other racial and ethnic minorities in Britain are still dying from the coronavirus at higher rates than white residents.
“In the first two waves, the higher death rate seen in ethnic minorities was primarily due to their higher risk of infection compared to whites – particularly in older age groups,” said Dr Raghib Ali, the British government’s independent adviser on Covid-19 and ethnicity. But overall vaccination rates remain highest in white people and lowest in Black groups. About 90 percent of adults in Britain have had at least one vaccine dose, but the figure is under 80 percent among Asian communities and less than two-thirds among people from Black African and Black Caribbean backgrounds.
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