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How Faith Leaders In Israel And The U.K. Are Fighting Vaccine Hesitancy Consider This from NPR April 26, 2021

 

How Faith Leaders In Israel And The U.K. Are Fighting Vaccine Hesitancy

    Consider This from NPR

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine in the Israeli city of Bnei Brak in February.

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Israel and the United Kingdom are among the most-vaccinated countries in the world. Their success is due in part to public health campaigns designed to fight vaccine disinformation in faith and minority communities.

As part of NPR's series on fighting disinformation, London correspondent Frank Langfitt visited a mosque-turned-vaccination center on the frontline of that battle. In Israel, NPR's Daniel Estrin followed the man who helped lead the public health campaign for vaccines.

In participating regions, you'll also hear from local journalists about what's happening in your community.

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This episode was produced by Brent Baughman, Jessica Beck, Brianna Scott and Lee Hale. It was edited by Sami Yenigun with help from Wynne Davis and Yara Bayoumy. Our executive producer is Cara Tallo.

How India's COVID-19 Outbreak Got So Bad, And Why It May Be Even Worse Than We Know Consider This from NPR April 30, 2021

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How India's COVID-19 Outbreak Got So Bad, And Why It May Be Even Worse Than We Know

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Indians who lost their lives to COVID-19 are cremated in funeral pyres in New Delhi. The aerial photo was taken on Monday.

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Things have gone from bad to worse in the pandemic's global epicenter. India reported nearly 400,000 new COVID-19 cases on Friday — and the death count is likely higher than current estimates. Lauren Frayer, NPR's correspondent in Mumbai, explains why. Follow more of her work here or on Twitter @lfrayer.

The surge in India may be due, in part, to new coronavirus variants circulating in the country. NPR's Michaeleen Doucleff reports on one that's been referred to as a "double mutant."

In participating regions, you'll also hear from local journalists about what's happening in your community.

Email us at considerthis@npr.org.

This episode was produced by Brent Baughman, Brianna Scott and Ashish Valentine. It was edited by Patrick Jarenwattananon, Nishant Dahiya, Lauren Frayer, Michaeleen Doucleff, Rebecca Davis, and Wynne Davis. Engineering help from Dennis Nielsen. Our executive producer is Cara Tallo.

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