Taking part will be Dr Masood Ahmed, Chief Medical Officer with the Black Country & West Birmingham Clinical Commissioning Group, Madhu Patel from the Shree Ram Mandir in Walsall, Imaam Moulana Ibrahim, the Bishop of Lichfield the Rt Rev Dr Michael Ipgrave and Sikh speaker Gurdip Singh.
It takes place at 6pm on Thursday (11 February, 2021). To book a free place, visit Eventbrite.
Councillor Jasbir Jaspal, the City of Wolverhampton Council Cabinet Member for Public Health and Wellbeing, said: "This online session will enable the community to hear from NHS experts and local faith leaders about why they think people should make sure they get their jab when they are offered it.
"Sadly, there is a lot of misinformation and 'fake news' around the vaccine, so this is an opportunity for people across Wolverhampton and the wider region to ask any questions they have in relation to the vaccination programme."
Mohammed Yasin, BAME Covid-19 Community Development Worker at Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, has helped to organise the event. He said: “We know that the current uptake of the Covid-19 vaccine amongst the BAME community is a lot lower than amongst others, so it’s really important that as a health and social care system we do everything we can to encourage this community to take up the vaccine when offered.
“This event is the perfect opportunity for people to understand more about the vaccine and its development and ask questions which will hopefully help to alleviate any concerns they might have.”
Latest figures show there were 305.9 cases of Covid-19 per 100,000 people in Wolverhampton over the 7 days to 6 February. That means 805 people in the city tested positive for the virus in that 7 day period – though the true number of new cases will likely be considerably higher.
The latest information and guidance around coronavirus is available at GOV.UK and on the council’s own coronavirus pages. Further details of the lockdown restrictions currently in place, and the answers to frequently asked questions, are available at Covid Alert.
