Human rights watchdog launches inquiry into racial inequalities of coronavirus

mirror.co.uk:

The human rights watchdog will launch an official inquiry into racial inequalities highlighted by the coronavirus crisis. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) investigation will have the power to demand evidence from Government departments and other organisations.

It will seek to answer the “serious issues that have yet to be fully answered” and give evidence-based recommendations to tackle entrenched racial inequalities.

Ministers are facing mounting anger after they took no immediate action to help Black and Asian workers at risk from the deadly disease.

A damning official review this week found people from Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds were at a much higher risk of dying from the disease.