Covid: Ethnicity vaccine gaps in over-70s

Covid: Ethnicity vaccine gaps in over-70s Black and mixed heritage people in their 70s are being vaccinated against Covid-19 at much lower rates than white people, GP records suggest.
 
And fewer Bangladeshi and Pakistani people had been jabbed by 11 February.

This follows data from earlier in the vaccination programme showing similar gaps among the over-80s. BBC News

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