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Government told to 'stop excuses' and publish BAME COVID-19 report - Yahoo News UK
Jun 02, 2020 54 secs

Sir Keir Starmer has told the government to “stop the excuses” and publish its delayed review into the impact of COVID-19 on people from black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds.

The government had originally planned to publish the report by the end of May, following findings that people from BAME communities are more likely to suffer from coronavirus.

However, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) denied the BAME report had been delayed because of “global events”, insisting it will be published later this week.

“We need the findings of this review published and action taken now.

According to data published last month by the Office for National Statistics, black men and women are more than four times more likely to suffer a coronavirus-related death than white people.

We need the findings of this review published and action taken now.

But de Cordova said: “There is a gross irony in delaying the release of a report into the unequal suffering of the BAME community on the basis of global events that relate to the suffering of black communities around the world

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