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Covid vaccine: JVT ‘really concerned’ fewer BAME people will get jab – BBC News
Prof Jonathan Van-Tam: “This virus just doesn’t care about what ethnic background you are from”.
media captionProf Jonathan Van-Tam: “This virus just doesn’t care about what ethnic background you are from”
England’s Deputy Chief Medical Officer says it “really concerns” him that fewer BAME people may get the Covid vaccine.
Professor Jonathan Van-Tam is worried “the uptake in minority ethnic groups is not going to be as rapid or as high” compared to the white population.
However he did stress that vaccine uptake has been very high among people who have been offered it so far.
He added that…
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