PUBLIC HEALTH

Vaccine rollout risks deepening health inequalities

More must be done to increase COVID-19 vaccine uptake among black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities, experts have urged.

More must be done to increase COVID-19 vaccine uptake among black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities, experts have urged.

Almost three-quarters of black people said they were unlikely to have the jab, according to a survey of 12,035 people by a group of public health academics for the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE).

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