UN Human Rights chief concerned at virus impact on ethnic minorities

The United Nations' human rights chief says the COVID-19 pandemic's disproportionate impact on ethnic minorities is "exposing endemic inequalities"

People exercise along the seashore at Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro after lockdown rules were relaxed Source: AAP

Higher death rates among ethnic minorities are exposing endemic inequalities that have been ignored for too long, according to a senior United Nations official.

Michelle Bachelet says countries must take urgent steps.

She highlighted reports that in the United States the virus death rate for African-Americans are more than double that of other racial groups.

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