Independent Public Inquiry on BAME Communities and COVID19

BAME communities and the impact of Covid-19
Over the past month, the UK has witnessed the unprecedented spread of Covid-19 – it has infected around 90,000 and killed more than 11,000 people in hospitals (mid-April 2020). As we know the true numbers infected and/or died, is under-represented due an absence of wide-spread testing (front-line …

Why is coronavirus disproportionately affecting BAME communities?
Why is the BAME community being disproportionately affected by the Covid-19 crisis? Figure released by NHS England show more than 16% of people who tested positive for coronavirus when they died in hospitals in England were from black, Asian and minority ethnic communities. That’s despite BAME peo…