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Patients across Birmingham say they have suffered cancelled operations, delayed procedures, postponed tests and long waits for appointments as a result of the Covid pandemic.
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
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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.
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A mosque has become the first in the UK to open as a Covid vaccination centre.
The Al-Abbas Islamic Centre in Balsall Heath, Birmingham is expected to vaccinate up to 500 people a day.
The imam, Sheikh Nuru Mohammed, said he hoped it would help dispel false information that the vaccine was forbidden in Islamic law.
NHS England said it fears disinformation could be causing some in the UK s South Asian communities to reject the Covid vaccine. It will send a strong message to our Muslim brothers and sisters. We are doing this to say a big no to fake news and a big yes to the vaccine, Sheikh Nuru said.