OHMYGOSSIP — Adil Ray has urged ethnic minorities to take the coronavirus vaccine.
The 46-year-old actor has joined forces with Meera Syal, cricketer Moeen Ali, comedian Romesh Ranganathan and other celebrities to star in a video to counter the misinformation about the vaccine in ethnic communities.
Concerns have been raised as a poll suggests that a number of ethnic minorities are less likely to get the vaccine as they are being targeted by anti-vaccine propaganda as the rate of Covid infections and deaths among minorities has been disproportionately high compared with the white British population.
Adil – who helped to organise the video – said: “Unfortunately we are now fighting another pandemic – misinformation – where communities who are ignored are preyed upon and voices that endanger lives are amplified.
“Whilst these communities must accept some responsibility too, and take the vaccine to save lives, we all must do what we can and come together to fight this deadly virus. We hope this video can help dispel some of the myths and offer some encouragement for everyone to take the vaccine.”
Anti-vaccine campaigners have tried to scare people off the vaccine by spreading false claims that the vaccine contains pork or alcohol, is not halal or alters DNA.
The video – which also features actors Sanjeev Bhaskar, Asim Chaudhry and Nina Wadia, presenter Konnie Huq, the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, and the former Tory party chair Sayeeda Warsi – has tried to debunk those claims as well as others.
Abdullah Afzal says in the video: “In fact, the scientists who developed the most widely used [Pfizer] vaccine are Muslim, Prof Uğur Şahin and his scientist wife, Özlem Türeci, from Turkey.”
Former ‘Coronation Street’ star Shobna Gulati also urged people to get the jab by ensuring them it is perfectly safe as her sister experienced no side effects.
She said: “We will find our way through this, and be united once again with our friends and our families. All we have to do is take the vaccination. My sister’s had the vaccine and I’m really looking forward to when it’s my turn.”

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