Leicester mayor accuses Matt Hancock of not sharing Covid 19 data
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Peter Soulsby says Whitehall has failed to disclose ethnicity or workplaces of those infected
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The mayor of Leicester has accused Matt Hancock and Public Health England (PHE) of withholding vital data that could help reduce the spread of coronavirus through BAME communities as well as workplaces.
In a letter to the health secretary on Thursday, Sir Peter Soulsby claimed that information sent from Whitehall to local officials did not disclose the ethnicity or workplaces of people who fall ill, increasing the difficulty of tracing the spread of the disease. Continue reading...