BacktoCricaddict Posted February 21, 2021 Posted February 21, 2021 Kudos to temple officials for recognizing this issue and opening temple doors for a large vaccination clinic. People from all religions and ethnicities are serving and being served. Humanitarian efforts like this are required to move the world forward in the right direction. https://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2021/02/19/go-there-uk-minorities-vaccine-dpweekend.cnn The UK's Vaccination Program is moving at breakneck speed, but a lack of reach to communities in need of vaccine and virus information have impacted case numbers and infection rates -- particularly among ethnic minorities who have been disproportionately affected by Covid-19. Now, one London community is taking action by setting up a vaccination center inside the largest Hindu temple in all of Europe. CNN's Salma Abdelaziz reports. G_B_ and beetle 1 1
G_B_ Posted February 21, 2021 Posted February 21, 2021 The hindu commumity is not a problem...there are vaccine issues in a community which shall remain unnamed. sandeep and Laaloo 2
BacktoCricaddict Posted February 21, 2021 Author Posted February 21, 2021 Just now, G_B_ said: The hindu commumity is not a problem...there are vaccine issues in a community which shall remain unnamed. The most heartening things in the video was to see people from various communities in the temple premises - administering and receiving vaccines.
BacktoCricaddict Posted February 21, 2021 Author Posted February 21, 2021 http://www.taghribnews.com/en/news/491047/mosque-turns-into-coronavirus-vaccine-center Great news that other religious organizations are also doing this for public health! In the end, humanity wins. A mosque in the U.K has stepped forward to dish out jabs to locals and groups at risk, becoming the first mosque in the country to open as a Covid-19 vaccination center. The al-Abbas Islamic Center in Balsall Heath, Birmingham, is expected to vaccinate up to 500 people a day, and over 350,000 have been inoculated so far."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," said Sheikh Nuru Mohammed, the mosque’s imam, dispelling disinformation that the vaccine is forbidden in Islamic law, according to the BBC.
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