The BAME review has been delayed again due to the global situation, including the US protests and worries causing further uncertainty around the rise of BAME Covid-19 related deaths.
Public Health England's review which was commissioned by Health Secretary Matt Hancock, was due to be released by the end of May.
The official report on BAME coronavirus deaths has been postponed because it might stoke racial tensions, Sky News reports. A source told Sky News it has been pushed back due to the ‘current situation in America’, where riots are raging over the death of African American George Floyd.
Labour’s Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities Marsha de Cordova said: "It is unacceptable that the review should be delayed, BAME