Race against Covid is being hampered by reluctance to be vaccinated

THE race against Covid is being hampered by a reluctance to be vaccinated.

Cases of the Delta variant rose from 338 to 687 in Salford, Gtr Manchester.

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Yet 66 per cent of adults have had a first dose compared to 80 nationally.

Keith Anderson, 37, could lose his job as a palliative carer without a jab.

He held day-old daughter Alicia and said: “I’ve read Covid victims their last rites and caught it myself so have antibodies

“But why risk the jab with no idea of the long-term effects?”

Student El Pavlou, 20, said: “My parents had it for work but they don’t want me to.

“There is so much on social media saying how dangerous it is.”

In Newham, East London, cases leapt 25.8 per cent at the end of May.

Libby Wright, 20, said: “I don’t want to be tracked by what is in my arm.”

Gymgoer Rico Best, 29, added: “I’m fit and healthy so why have it? I don’t trust it.”