Anti-racists warn that BAME communities will bear the brunt of ending lockdown early
ANTI-RACIST campaigners warned against a premature end to the Covid-19 lockdown today, warning that black, Asian and minority-ethnic (BAME) communities will bear the brunt of a second wave of the virus.
There is mounting evidence that people from minority-ethnic backgrounds have been disproportionately affected during the coronavirus crisis.
A report by the Intensive Care National Audit & Research Centre published this month found that 33 per cent of critically ill Covid-19 patients were from BAME backgrounds, despite such groups accounting for only about 13 per cent of British population.
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