Black And Asian Medics Urge Britain s Minority Communities: Get The COVID Jab
NHS workers tell HuffPost UK what it was like to get vaccinated – and why people from BAME communities should too.
By Léonie Chao-Fong
Dr Abdul Zubairu and nurse May Parsons are among the NHS staff who have received both doses of the Covid-19 Pfizer\BioNTech vaccine.
It was not until she turned up at work on the morning of December 9 that May Parsons realised she was going to receive the first dose of her Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine – just a day after she had administered the world’s first to 90-year-old Margaret Keenan.
LONDON People from ethnic minority backgrounds or with lower incomes are less likely to take the coronavirus vaccine being rolled out in Britain, research suggested Wednesday, raising concerns about whether the jab would reach the communities that have been hit disproportionately hard by the pandemic. A survey by Britain s Royal Society for Public Health said that while three-quarters of those polled would take a COVID-19 vaccine if advised to do so by a doctor, that figure fell to 57 per cent among Black people and those from Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds. The body also said the survey revealed significantly more hesitancy among lower income groups with 70 per cent of lowest earners likely to agree to the jab, compared to 84 per cent of highest earners.
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UK survey: Ethnic minorities less likely to take COVID jab
by Sylvia Hui, The Associated Press
Posted Dec 16, 2020 10:13 am EDT
Last Updated Dec 16, 2020 at 10:14 am EDT
LONDON People from ethnic minority backgrounds or with lower incomes are less likely to take the coronavirus vaccine being rolled out in Britain, research suggested Wednesday, raising concerns about whether the jab would reach the communities that have been hit disproportionately hard by the pandemic.
A survey by Britain’s Royal Society for Public Health said that while three-quarters of those polled would take a COVID-19 vaccine if advised to do so by a doctor, that figure fell to 57% among Black people and those from Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds.
People from ethnic minority backgrounds or with lower incomes are less likely to take the coronavirus vaccine being rolled out in Britain, a survey by the Royal Society for Public Health suggests.
The research has raised concerns about whether the jab would reach those communities that have been hardest hit by the pandemic.
The survey showed that while three-quarters of those polled would take a COVID-19 vaccine if advised to do so by a doctor, that figure fell to 57% among black people and those from ethnic minority backgrounds.
It also suggested “significantly more hesitancy among lower income groups” with 70% of lowest earners likely to agree to the jab, compared to 84% of highest earners.