It was obvious that Covid was disproportionately affecting people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds “at an early stage” of the pandemic, mayor of London Sadiq Khan has said.
Giving evidence at the UK Covid inquiry, Khan said the disparity was “clear from a number of metrics”.
“If you see the photographs of the first ten doctors who lost their lives,” he said, “the thing that strikes you is they’re all people of colour.
