AV 6th June 2020

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FIRST & FOREMOST ASIAN WEEKLY IN EUROPE PM Modi hails resilience against pandemic SEE PAGE 26

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REPORT FINDS BAME COMMUNITY AT HIGHER RISK

Remains of ancient temples, Shivlinga, idols found at Ayodhya temple site SEE PAGE 25

6 - 12 JUNE 2020 - VOL 50 ISSUE 6

Violent protests engulf US, thousands arrested

NEW YORK: The US remained a tinderbox of anger and emotion as violent protests erupted for the sixth day across the country over the custodial killing of African-American George Floyd, resulting in the death of at least five people, the arrest of thousands and placing of curfew in nearly 40 cities, while forcing President Donald Trump to take shelter in a White House bunker.

Rupanjana Dutta The report which reviews why black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) people may be disproportionately affected by Covid-19 by Public Health England (PHE) has confirmed what was already known - that racial and health inequalities amplify the risks of Covid-19. Those in the poorest households and people of colour are definitely disproportionately affected than White ethnic groups and those living in deprived areas, with the Bangladeshi community being the hardest hit. However they have failed to answer how to reduce this

disproportion and mitigate risks. These findings largely replicate existing inequalities in mortality rates in previous years, except for BAME groups, as mortality was previously higher in White ethnic groups. These analyses take into account age, sex, deprivation, region and ethnicity, but they do not take into account the existence of comorbidities (combination of pre-existing factors such diabetes, hypertension, obesity etc), which are strongly associated with the risk of death from Covid-19 and are likely to explain some of the differences. Professions such as those in a

range of caring occupations including medics, social care and nursing auxiliaries and assistants; those who drive passengers in road vehicles for a living including taxi and minicab drivers and chauffeurs; those working as security guards and related occupations are more disproportionately hit. The highest age standardised diagnosis rates of Covid-19 per 100,000 population were in people of Black ethnic groups (486 in females and 649 in males) and the lowest were in people of White ethnic groups (220 in females and 224 in males).

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Considered to be the worst ever civil unrest in the US in decades, the violent protests have engulfed at least 140 cities across America in the days following the death of Floyd, a 46year-old man who was pinned to the ground in Minneapolis last week by a white police officer who kneeled on his neck as he gasped for breath. Some of the protests have turned violent, prompting the activation of the National Guard in at least 20 states. "At least five people were killed in violence that flared as demonstrations in parts of the country devolved into mayhem," The Washington Post reported. Police have arrested at least 2,564 people in two dozen US cities over the weekend. Nearly a fifth of those arrests were in Los Angeles, it said. The unrest initially began in Minneapolis in Minnesota but has now spread across the country, with reports of violence coming in from across major cities including Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Houston, Philadelphia and Washington DC. In Birmingham, protesters started to tear down a Confederate monument that the city had previously covered with a tarp amid a lawsuit between the state attorney general and the city. In Boston, a police SUV was set ablaze near the State House, sending up a column of black smoke after a large group of protesters had mostly dispersed. In Philadelphia, police officers in riot gear and an armoured vehicle used pepper spray to try to repel rioters and looters. In New York, demonstrators marched across the Brooklyn and Williamsburg Bridges, snarling traffic. The Manhattan Bridge was briefly shut down to car traffic. Chaos erupted in Union Square, with flames leaping up two stories from trash cans and piles of street debris. Continued on page 26


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