Don't miss a thing by getting the latest from the Manchester Evening News sent direct to your inbox Over a hundred people were vaccinated outside a South Manchester Mosque as part of a drive to increase the uptake in Muslim communities ahead of Ramadan.
Patients safely queued up outside the Makki Masjid in Longsight, where NHS staff were on hand to give the vaccine to members of the community who hadn't taken their first jab.
Held on a Friday (19/3/202), the day of prayer for Muslims, over 150 people who were eligible under government guidelines took their first dose of the AstraZeneca jab.
A majority of the patients had booked their appointment while some residents who were eligible but hadn’t taken their first jab were also offered the