FIRST & FOREMOST ASIAN WEEKLY IN EUROPE
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HERO COUPLE ‘ENCOURAGE’ COMMUNITY TO VACCINATE
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• 87-year-old Dr Hari Shukla and his 84-year-old wife Ranjan became the first Indianorigin couple to be injected with the vaccine. • GPs have been instructed to prioritise patients from BAME backgrounds in their first over-80s Covid-19 vaccination cohorts.
Dr Hari Shukla and wife Ranjan Shukla receiving Covid-19 vaccine at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle
Campaigning for direct Air India flights for the British Indian diaspora SEE PAGE - 15
The importance of looking after your mental health SEE PAGE - 16 - 17
Nita Patel is leading the vaccine team of Novavax in US SEE PAGE - 22
Time magazine names Gitanjali Rao as Kid of the Year
Priyanka Mehta & Rupanjana Dutta Doctors, pharmacists and parliamentarians are concerned about greater awareness of the coronavirus vaccination drive among members of the black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities. Community members are also stepping forward to shed any stigma and inhibitions around the vaccination process. On Tuesday 8 December as Asian Voice went to print, 87-year-old Dr Hari Shukla and his 84-year-old wife Ranjan Shukla became the first Indian-origin couple to be injected with the vaccine at Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle, after being collected from home personally by Martin Wilson, Chief Operating Officer, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals. Continued on page 6
Gitanjali Rao
Gitanjali Rao, a Colorado teenager who invented a mobile device to test for lead in drinking water, is Time's Kid of the Year for 2020. The magazine announced the award last week, citing Rao's ability to apply scientific ideas to real-world problems and her desire to motivate other kids to take up their own Full story on page - 22 causes. ZZZ GHVLFDUW FR XN
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