Lessons about COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among minority ethnic people in the UK

Affiliations

¹ Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford and the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK. Electronic address: seilesh.kadambari@paediatrics.ox.ac.uk.
² Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford and the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK.

Seilesh Kadambari et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2021 Sep.

. 2021 Sep;21(9):1204-1206.

doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(21)00404-7. Epub 2021 Aug 9.

¹ Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford and the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK. Electronic address: seilesh.kadambari@paediatrics.ox.ac.uk.
² Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford and the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK.

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Conflict of interest statement

We declare no competing interests.

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