Sir Lenny Henry leads star-studded campaign to urge black Britons to get Covid-19 jab
metro.co.uksupports HTML5 videoComedian Sir Lenny Henry, actress Thandie Newton, author Malorie Blackman, rapper KSI and DJ Trevor Nelson are among the Black British celebrities urging the Black community to be vaccinated against Covid-19.The stars have signed an open letter stating ‘change needs to happen’, as it is estimated that the rate for people in the black African group receiving a first vaccine dose is the lowest among all ethnic minority groups at 58.8%.Older people of African backgrounds are more than seven times likely than white British older people to have not received the vaccine, according to the Office for National Statistics.The letter insists that people ‘trust the facts about the vaccine’ while acknowledging ‘understandable fears’.
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