UK mosque opens as Covid vaccination centre
being used as a vaccination centre as part of the UK's mass immunisation strategy. The Al-Abbas Islamic Centre in Birmingham, central England, began administering Covid-19 vaccines in its community hall on Thursday. The mosque is in the Balsall Heath area, which has suffered consistently high infection rates and has an infection rate of about 800 per 100,000 people. "We want to benefit the community at large and are happy to provide our facilities. It is run by the NHS but with our support," mosque trustee Haider Hudda told the Birmingham Mail. "We have been open and transparent with our co...