They inform about the covid vaccine in Karlslund: "Some people think it costs"

Abedalaziz "Abbe" Nidal Salem, 18, Ahmad Alashram, 19, Mariam Abdelrahman, 25, and Olivia Volk, 19, are Landskrona city vaccination informants.

For the third week, they are knocking on the approximately 1,500 doors in the Karlslund district to offer information and help on how to book an appointment for a vaccine against covid-19

In recent weeks, they have knocked on all the doors at Koppargården and Silvergården.

This week it's Pilängen's turn.

Language skills

They are selected, among other things, for their language skills.

The language and family administration in the municipality, which pays for the project, believes that language is one of the reasons why the tendency to get vaccinated is lower here.

- We know that socio-economically vulnerable areas have been hit harder during the pandemic and we can also see nationally that there is a lower vaccination coverage, says Carina Jording, deputy head of administration and the one who leads the project.

False information is spread

The informants have no medical education and do not answer questions about, for example, what the vaccine contains.

Instead, it is how and where to get the vaccine they are talking about.

They can also help book on site.

- There are some who want to think about it and then we still show how to do so they can do it themselves later, says "Abbe" Nidal Salem.

Then there are some who do not want to and we can not force it.

- Some have received false information that it costs SEK 1,500 to get vaccinated, so we say that it is free of charge.

Olivia Volk and Ahmad Alashram inform about the covid-19 vaccine.

Photo: Caroline Larsson / SVT

Because the city does not register who chooses to be vaccinated and it is not difficult to determine what effect the project may have.

- When the campaign is over, we will be able to follow via Region Skåne what vaccination degree we have in the area, but we will never be able to say that it was due to our campaign. On the other hand, we have been able to follow how many people have chosen to book an appointment via our informants and it has been around 18-20 people per day, says Carina Jording.