Member of Doncaster mosque records message in Urdu urging vaccine uptake

A member of Doncaster mosque Jamia Sultania has taken to social media urging Urdu-speaking members of the community to have the Covid vaccine.
By Ben McVay
Published 28th Feb 2021, 10:33 BST

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In a three-minute video message recorded in Urdu Hafiz Abdul Karim - who has already had the vaccine - appeals to fellow members of the Asian community not to miss the lifesaving jab.

Hafiz’s video - shared by Doncaster community health champion Healthwatch Doncaster - comes as data showed this month that in England white people were almost twice as likely to have the Covid jab than black, Asian and mixed ethnicity people among over-80s.

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A member of Doncaster mosque Jamia Sultania has taken to social media urging Urdu-speaking members of the community to have the Covid vaccine: Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)A member of Doncaster mosque Jamia Sultania has taken to social media urging Urdu-speaking members of the community to have the Covid vaccine: Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)
A member of Doncaster mosque Jamia Sultania has taken to social media urging Urdu-speaking members of the community to have the Covid vaccine: Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Meanwhile Asian celebs including comics Sanjeev Bhaskar and Romesh Ranganathan have starred in a TV advert debunking scaremongering myths surrounding the vaccine.

In one scene from the commercial Romesh Ranganathan tells viewers "There's no chip or tracker in the vaccine to keep watching where you go.”

"Your mobile phone actually does a much better job of that."

Doncaster Urdu speakers can view Hafiz Abdul Karim’s video HERE.

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