Mosque as inoculation site for foreigners in Japan

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210801_01/

A city near Tokyo has started to use a mosque as a site for coronavirus vaccinations for foreigners living in the area.

Ebina, Kanagawa Prefecture, designates a local mosque as an inoculation venue for foreign residents, who often have difficulty in making vaccine reservations in Japanese.

Fifty-four foreigners living in the city and surrounding areas gathered at the mosque on Saturday. They had made bookings through the mosque.The foreign residents received shots after being interviewed by a doctor through interpreters.

There was a curtained area in the site so that Muslim women can be hidden from view when receiving jabs into their arms.

City officials say the mosque will open every Saturday for vaccinations.

A 51-year-old man from Sri Lanka said he has no worries about language because people from his home country will help if he doesn't understand something.

City Mayor Uchino Masaru said the goal is to increase the ratio of vaccinated people in the community by eliminating language barriers.