In an effort to provide health and wellness advice to Toronto’s Black community the Black Scientists’ Task Force is hosting a free fair with free health checks, demos and expert health panels.
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The Black Health Fair will also host musical performances, games, raffles and activities such as yoga, groove fitness and line dancing.
The Black Health Collaborative a group of mental health providers and other community groups that serve Black families is hosting the fair to tailor COVID-19 education and outreach within a community that has fallen behind other groups in vaccination rates citywide.
In Long Beach, Black residents make up 13% of the population, yet Black adults account for just 8% of residents over 18 who are vaccinated, which has some experts worried as the more transmissible and “widespread” delta COVID-19 variant quickly spreads across the city.