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Having the COVID-19 vaccine is your choice and we want to help you make an informed decision, using trusted information based on facts. You can read our frequently asked questions as well as using the resources on this page.

The two approved vaccines; Pfizer BioNTech and Oxford AstraZeneca are safe and have been through rigorous checks, as well as extensive trials involving over 20,000 people.

For black, Asian and minority ethnic communities

For further information, AskDoc are producing multiple information videos on COVID-19 and the vaccine in English as well as Urdu, Punjabi, Gujarati, Tamil, Sylheti, Somali, Arabic, Bengali, Pushto and Farsi. View the videos on YouTube here.

The BBC has produced a variety of video content in five South Asian languages; Urdu, Punjabi, Sylheti, Tamil and Gujarati. Content includes:

Safe Ramadan 2021

New guidance from the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) with recommendations on safely observing Taraweeh, Iftaar, Itikaaf and Eid is now available to support Mosques and Islamic Centres who are planning their Ramadan activities.  Read the guidance here.

What is the advice for people who follow Muslim faith, Hindu faith or Jewish faith?

For Muslim faith, there is information produced by the British Islamic Medical Association (BIMA) – this includes BIMA position statement on the Pfizer BioNTech and Oxford AstraZeneca vaccines, myths and webinars which BIMA have taken part in about the COVID-19 vaccine.

For Hindu faith, Neasden Temple has produced a video in Gujerati to explain the facts about coronavirus, providing reassurance on the safety and efficacy of the vaccine. Both vaccines do not contain any animal product or egg.

For Jewish faith, The Conference of European Rabbis have released position statements on the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.

Salford GPs plea: get your COVID vaccine 

Healthcare professionals explaining the vaccine in other community languages

NHS doctors, nurses and other frontline staff have come forward to help reassure communities that COVID-19 vaccines are safe, effective and have been independently tested to the highest standards.

NHS staff have recorded messages in some of the most commonly spoken languages – apart from English – to help ensure messages about the importance of getting a COVID-19 vaccine reach as many people as possible.

More videos are in development in additional languages and will be uploaded here. 

Professor Jonathan Valabhji is national clinical director for diabetes and obesity at NHS England. He is a consultant diabetologist at St Mary's Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and explains below why BAME patients, and those with diabetes, should get vaccinated

Celebrities including Meera Syal, Adil Ray, Moeen Ali, Konnie Huq, Rageh Omaar, Sanjeev Bhaskar and more talk about the benefits of the vaccine