A MOSQUE offered coronavirus vaccinations to people across Blackburn and Darwen. The pop-up vaccination clinic at the Masjid E Saliheen on Didsbury Street was the first to be held in a mosque in Lancashire. The clinic was set up to encourage people who have not yet come forward to take the jab to do so. It was run by the Local Primary Care Federation and Primary Care Network. Volunteers from the mosque were on hand to act as marshals and welcome and support those attending their vaccination and to ensure safe social distancing were maintained. Paul Macmanus, 42, who lives on Burnley Road, said: “Being so close to where I live certainly made a difference.
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