Nationally, vaccination rates are on average lower among black and minority ethnic populations. Its boroughs account for 18 of the 20 local authorities with the worst vaccination rates. But London also has a problem with take-up among its white population, analysis of NHS figures by The Mail on Sunday reveals. The capital’s low vaccine take-up in its white population contrasts with the rest of England’s regions, where overall rates among whites are in the high 30s or low 40s. British Indians are actually more likely than white Britons to have the jab – but British Pakistanis, Bangladeshis and black Britons lag behind.

Source: The Nation March 28, 2021 03:00 UTC