Research assistants Dipika Desai, Jayneel Limbachia and Farah Khan (left to right) at a vaccine clinic in Brampton Ontario on May 4 2021

McMaster-led study investigating COVID-19 immune response in South Asian communities

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McMaster researchers are leading a pan-Canadian study investigating the immune response to the COVID-19 vaccine within the South Asian community.

Approximately $1.5 million is being invested in this study, which will seek to understand vaccine confidence and hesitancy in this population that has been disproportionately affected by COVID-19. The study is supported by the Government of Canada through its COVID-19 Immunity Task Force and Vaccine Surveillance Reference Group….

https://brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/mcmaster-led-study-investigating-covid-19-immune-response-in-south-asian-communities/

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