Calls for ethnic minority volunteers to join the NHS Vaccine Research
Only 6 percent of people from BAME communities in West Yorkshire have taken part in vaccine trials
There's calls for people from BAME communities across West Yorkshire to take part in vaccine trials and research.
So far, only 6% of people from ethnic minority backgrounds in the area have taken part.
Despite them already being rolled out, more research needs to take place, especially within ethnic minority groups to make sure that it is effective.
"Lead by example by having the vaccine, reassure the rest of the community that it is safe to do so."
Professor Dinesh Saralya from Bradford said there are several reasons:
"The language, the cultural values of these communities and the beliefs around research.
"We've done a lot of work in West Yorkshire where we've used Covid champions, people who have recovered from Covid, to highlight the seriousness.
"Lead by example by having the vaccine, send a message to your community, reassure the rest of the community that it is safe to do so."
Nationally only 33,566 of 452,284 of volunteers for vaccine research registry are of non-white ethnicity which accounts to only 7.4% and vaccine research teams are really keen to change this.
There is also concern around trust in the vaccine among ethnic minority communities. Only 57% of people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds were likely to accept a COVID-19 vaccine.