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What factors converged to create a COVID-19 hot-spot? Lessons from the South Asian community in Ontario

2022-04-01

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<h4>Background</h4> South Asians represent the largest non-white ethnic group in Canada. The Greater Toronto Area (GTA), home to a high proportion of South Asians, emerged as a COVID-19 hot spot. Early in the pandemic, the South Asian community was identified as having risk factors for exposure and specific barriers to accessing testing and reliable health information, rendering them uniquely vulnerable to SARS-Co...

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10.1101/2022.04.01.22273252
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