Coronavirus: 'Scandal' BAME review recommendations 'buried'
Chancellor Rishi Sunak said the report would be published next week.
It found that historic racism may mean people were less likely to seek care or demand better personal protective equipment, while other potential factors included risks linked to occupation and inequalities in conditions such as diabetes. "But the point is it is a scandal if one week Boris Johnson and Matt Hancock say black lives matter and then we find out today that they have buried part of the review that had the recommendations in it to do something about it," he said.
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