University of Bradford student encourages young people to take the Covid-19 vaccine amid 'hesitancy'

A STUDENT at the University of Bradford is encouraging young people across the district to take the Covid-19 vaccine when it is their turn.
Although the vaccine roll-out is well underway, "vaccine hesitancy" remains an issue, according to Dr Javed Bashir, a safeguarding consultant at Bradford-based Strengthening Faith Institutions (SFI).
He argues that some young people - particularly those from ethnic minority backgrounds - are still unsure about taking the vaccine.
In the wake of this, one of the University of Bradford's community champions - who himself
Faiz Ilyas, a civil and structural engineering student at the university, said he "came to terms with his death" and thought he was "going to die" after he was rushed to hospital with Covid-19 in March 2020.

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