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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Ross Lydall

Mistrust fuelled low Covid vaccine uptake by minorities, UCL study finds

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Initial take-up of Covid jabs was lower in the capital because some Londoners had a “critical” lack of trust in the new vaccines and in the authorities promoting and administering them, a study has found.

It also pointed to “barriers” in getting the vaccines to zero-hour and shift-workers, many of whom felt there were more “costs than benefits” because of the time off needed to get a jab and the risk of side effects.

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