Not long after the scheme ended at the end of the summer, coronavirus numbers began to spike dramatically. Meanwhile, although people from black African and Caribbean ethnic groups remained at higher risk than white Britons in the second wave, the difference was smaller compared with the first. Prof Haris said 30% of the Bangladeshi and Pakistani communities worked in small businesses such as restaurants or fast food outlets, where ventilation could be “very poor”. “I’ve seen people working in kitchens here in Leicester – six, seven, eight people working in a very small kitchen. He said overall this “created an ideal environment for the virus to reach homes, reach communities and lead to increase in deaths”.

Source: Daily Mirror July 18, 2021 23:59 UTC