coronavirus among Scotland’s minority ethnic population. The STUC Black Workers’ Committee wrote to First Minister Nicola Sturgeon saying the work is a “matter of urgency” and already lags behind England. “Scotland needs to confirm, with utmost sincerity and complete confidence, what the exact impact the coronavirus has had on Scotland’s black and minority ethnic communities,” union members said.
Work by Public Health Scotland suggested in May there was no disproportionate impact on ethnic minorities in Scotland, but it noted a lack of detailed data on ethnicity.The Office of National Statistics said last month that black people are four times more likely to die from Covid-19 than white people in England.In their letter, the Black Workers’.