Sir Lenny Henry and Chiwetel Ejiofor are leading a campaign urging black people to have the Covid jab, as new figures reveal huge differences in uptake between ethnic groups.

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The actors are among dozens of leading voices from the black community speaking out after the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed that people of black African origin are five and a half times more likely not to have received a first jab compared to white British.

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