Mayor of Milton Keynes gets his booster after urging BAME community to get theirs

    The Mayor of Milton Keynes says this situation is no different to before, and is urging people in the BAME community to roll up their sleeves.

    Earlier this week, Boris Johnson brought forward the target of giving every adult in England a booster jab to the end of the month amid a rise in cases up and down the country.

    Mayor of Milton Keynes, Cllr Mohammed Khan, had previously been involved in encouraging members of the BAME community to have theirs firs vaccinations when their time came.

    The Mayor has now shared images after he received his booster and says this situation is no different to before, urging people in the BAME community to roll up their sleeves.

    Cllr Mohammed Khan was previously concerned that the rumours about the vaccine are putting off older, more vulnerable people from the Bangladeshi and Hindu communities.

    He said: “Fake news is saying the jab contains a meat substance. This is completely untrue. It is circulating as fake news and is putting some older people off from getting vaccinated.”

    Mayor Mohammed Khan is also concerned that COVID-19 is impacting the South Asian community more than other communities because families are often multi-generational.

    He continued: "Many South Asian families are multi-generational with grandparents and children sharing the same home.

    "I would urge families to ensure that they adopt protection measures such as masks and trying to keep their distances when at home.

    "It’s not easy when families share a home, but we need to do all we can to minimise the spread of the virus.”

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