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<p>This Government is working to support all people through COVID-19, including BAME
women. Guided by medical and scientific expertise, we have implemented specific measures
to reduce the spread of the virus in all communities for everyone including women
from BAME backgrounds.</p><p>This Government has taken unprecedented steps to support
lives and livelihoods, including increasing the generosity of Universal Credit, introducing
the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and Self-Employment Income Support Scheme, and
made changes to ensure women do not miss out on parental leave and childcare support.
In addition, Equality Hub officials regularly meet with organisations representing
women and BAME communities and continue to do so. We are also working to alert and
encourage relevant grassroots charities to apply for funding that has been made available
including through the National Lottery Community Fund.</p><p>Public Health England
has now completed its review into ‘Disparities in the risk and outcomes of COVID-19’,
which confirms that COVID-19 has replicated, and in some cases increased, existing
health inequalities related to risk factors, including age, gender, ethnicity and
geography. The Minister for Equalities is working with the Race Disparity Unit and
the Department for Health and Social Care to carry forward work to address the disparities
outlined in the Public Health England report.</p><p> </p>
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