UK coronavirus: Hancock urged to act over higher Covid-19 death rate for BAME people - as it happened

News updates: 324 new deaths in the UK; death rate in Englandhigher among BAME people; testing data ‘widely criticised and often mistrusted’UK death toll passes 50,000Hancock ’s press conferenceCovid-19 ‘spreading from care homes and hospitals’‘Flora needs me’: MP criticises Rees-Mogg planCoronavirus – latest global updates7.10pmBSTThat ’s all for the UK live blog today, thanks for reading along - you can continue following the latest coronavirus coverage over on our global blog:Related:Coronavirus live news: global cases pass 6.3m; alert issued in Tokyo amid fear of new surge in cases7.09pmBSTHere ’s a roundup of all the latest stories from across the UK today:Continue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 2, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Andrew Sparrow, Jessica Murray and Josh Halliday Tags: Coronavirus outbreak UK news Politics Infectious diseases Society House of Commons Science Matt Hancock Jacob Rees-Mogg Boris Johnson Social care Source Type: news