BME groups will continue to be overexposed to coronavirus

Black and minority ethnic groups (BME) as well as people on lower incomes have faced devastating health and financial consequences during the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown, according to a new report from the Runnymede Trust. It found that BME communities were not only over-represented in Covid-19 severe illnesses and deaths because of long-standing racial and socio-economic inequalities, but as lockdown eases the economic fallout is further exposing vulnerable groups to coronavirus. The survey conducted by the Runnymede Trust and ICM in June 2020  highlights that one-third of Black and ethnic minority groups (33%) are working outside of their home, including 41% of Black African groups and 36% of Black Caribbean and