UN independent human rights experts fear a needless increase in coronavirus deaths due to discrimination and urged governments on Monday to commit to racial equity and equality in their response to the pandemic.   The Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent said structural discrimination could worsen inequalities in access to healthcare and treatment, which could lead to a rise in disease and death rates among people of African descent.   “Despite robust responses, States have not recognised the specific health risks faced by people of African descent or how racial discrimination and implicit bias and racial stereotypes may pervade policy”, chair Ahmed Reid said in a statement, reports UN News.   He said this also raises the parallel concern that even research and knowledge production in response to this crisis may overlook specific barriers to care or the racially discriminatory impact of policy.