UK studies exploring Covid-19 links with ethnicity awarded £4m
by Haroon Siddique from Science | The Guardian on (#568Z1)
Six projects will help researchers explain the disproportionate BAME death rate
Specially tailored public health messaging, the impact of structural racism and whether healthcare workers should be redeployed are among research projects that have been given funding to explore the link between Covid-19 and ethnicity.
More than 4m has been awarded to six projects that will help researchers explain and mitigate the disproportionate death rates from coronavirus among people from black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds.
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