Government failed to 'adequately' warn BAME communities about higher coronavirus risk, Asian councillor tells inquiry
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe government failed to arm BAME communities with ‘adequate information’ about the higher risk they face from coronavirus, an Asian councillor has told an inquiry.
Rochdale councillor Faisal Rana makes the claim in evidence submitted to an investigation into the impact of Covid-19 on those from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.
It comes as Public Health England publishes a report finding people of Bangladeshi ethnicity were twice as likely to die of the virus than white British , while other BAME groups were at up to 50pc higher risk of death.
Set up by Labour leader Keir Starmer MP and led by Baroness Doreen Lawrence, the review will look into why coronavirus seems to have taken such a ‘disproportionate toll’ on BAME people.
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