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Covid-19: PM praises Islamic centre for debunking anti-vaccine myths as mosques host vaccine clinics
Covid-19: PM praises Islamic centre for debunking anti-vaccine myths as mosques host vaccine clinics
26th Feb 2021
(Credit Andrew Parsons/No 10 Downing Street)
Harun Nasrullah
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has praised the staff at Al-Hikmah Centre in Batley for their efforts in dispelling myths around Covid-19 vaccines. The Islamic centre, one of several mosques to turn their premises into pop-up clinics, has been vaccinating about 600 patients a day since it opened.
On a visit to the centre on February 1, Johnson said, “Spreading a sense of positivity about the vaccine” was vital.
Haunted by unfounded fears for their fertility, British Indians are more likely to resist getting COVID-19 vaccine
Haunted by unfounded fears for their fertility, British Indians are more likely to resist getting COVID-19 vaccine
Naina BhardwajFeb 22, 2021, 05:51 IST
Patients waiting at the COVID-19 vaccination centre at the Indian Muslim Welfare Society (IMWS) Al-Hikmah-Centre in Batley, UK on February 1, 2021.Jon Super/AP Photos
British Indians weren t willing to take the vaccine or were unsure. There is absolutely no evidence that COVID-19
vaccines can affect the fertility of women or men, the BMJ reported.
More than 1.4m British Indians are the largest minority group in the UK, according to the 2011 Census.
Jon Super/AP Photos
A 1928 Institute report found 56% of British Indians weren t willing to take the vaccine or were unsure. There is absolutely no evidence that COVID-19 vaccines can affect the fertility of women or men, the BMJ reported.
More than 1.4m British Indians are the largest minority group in the UK, according to the 2011 Census.
British Indians are more likely to resist getting a COVID-19 vaccine due to unfounded fears about their fertility, largely spread through social media misinformation, according to reports.
A Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) poll found that confidence in accepting a COVID-19 vaccine was lowest among those of Asian ethnicity, of whom only 55% were likely to say yes to receiving one.
A man can be heard shouting ‘haram, haram, haram’ outside a Covid-19 vaccination centre. The video which was filmed today shows a man who claims that the vaccine has pig DNA in it outside the Indian Muslim Welfare Society (IMWF) in Batley, West Yorkshire. The new Covid-19 vaccine being rolled out across the UK has been deemed halal by a leading medical association and a team of scholars. The British Islamic Medical Association (BIMA) said in a statement that ‘no animal products in this vaccine and no animal derived cells were used.’ The man first confronts what appears to be a member of staff and then someone from the IMWF who aims to dispel some of the theories the man is spouting.