A new Irish research project is hoping to work out why men are more affected by Covid-19 than women, why some people get more sick than others, and how long immunity lasts after recovery.

Researchers at Trinity College are hopeful of providing answers to these questions following a 4.8 million investment into the study of immunology of the coronavirus.

Simon Harris, the minister for higher education, innovation and science, announced the funding yesterday.

The research will be led by Professor Kingston Mills and Professor Aideen Long at the Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute and Trinity Translational Medicine Institute.

It will try to understand why some people are more susceptible to Covid-19 than others.

The immunologists will develop, validate and deploy rapid antibody testing. This will seek

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