The vaccines are safe. We would urge all minority groups to get one

Two politicians from Asian immigrant families seek to reassure every community of the importance of the vaccination rollout

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Last week, we reached the sombre milestone of 100,000 Covid-19 deaths in the UK. Every death is a tragedy and leaves behind a bereft family, but it is evident some communities have been hit harder than others.

People of Black African ethnicity in England are more than twice as likely to die from this virus than white people, according to the Office for National Statistics. The same is also true of south Asian people.