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Anti-vaxxers are spreading misinformation in the inner-city neighbourhood with England’s lowest Covid vaccine uptake.
More than a year after the UK began rolling out its jab programme, 69 per cent of people in Harehills South in Leeds have still not had two doses of the vaccine.
Since mid-September, just 20 Covid jabs have been given per 100 people aged over 12 living there, the lowest rate in England. The second lowest – at 24 doses per 100 – is neighbouring Harehills North.
Just 69 per cent of people aged over 12 in Harehills South in Leeds, pictured, have been double jabbed against Covid-19
An investigation by The Mail on Sunday has found efforts to boost those figures are being stymied by an anti-vax campaign. The impact is being felt by local NHS services. A leaked memo recently revealed that medics at the city’s two major hospitals have seen Covid-19 patients ‘flooding’ wards, forcing the suspension of non life-saving surgery
An investigation by The Mail on Sunday has found efforts to boost those figures are being stymied by an anti-vax campaign. The impact is being felt by local NHS services. A leaked memo recently revealed that medics at the city’s two major hospitals have seen Covid-19 patients ‘flooding’ wards, forcing the suspension of non life-saving surgery.
Harehills is a deprived, densely populated and ethnically diverse area. Almost 72 per cent of its 8,800 residents is from an ethnic minority, with 31 per
