Covid-19: Ethnicity vaccination gap narrows in England, but concerns remain

The gap between the number of black people and white people vaccinated against covid-19 in England has slightly narrowed in the past few weeks, although it is still a concern and requires attention, say experts. As of 13 January, data from the OpenSAFELY platform showed that twice as many white people aged over 80 (43%) had been vaccinated as black people (21%).1 By 11 February, when 91% of this age group had been vaccinated, 91% of white people had been vaccinated, compared with only 58% of black people and 72% of people from South Asian backgrounds.2 The latest dataset also looked at vaccine coverage among 70-79 year olds and showed that 85% of this age group (1.76 million) had been vaccinated by 11 …