Prince Charles is, reportedly, feeling saddened over the low turnout among the ethnic minorities getting vaccinated against COVID-19 and he has joined the global campaign for people to get behind the rollout in this public health crisis.

The Prince of Wales is said to be preparing a speech about this concern for a virtual conference organized by the British Asian Trust on Feb. 18. Charles is also expected to talk about a "most sobering milestone" as the United Kingdom breached 100,00 deaths due to the virus.

Professor Stephen Powis of the NHS said that, aside from Charles, government officials are working with several faith groups to urge people to get vaccinated. According to reports, people with South Asian backgrounds in the U.K. still continue to have high COVID-19 infection and death rates.

Charles is the patron of the British Asian Trust and has expressed his eagerness to discuss vaccination with ethnic minorities. A source said that Charles is the most ideal personality to join the campaign for vaccination since has no political affiliation. Apparently, some quarters feel that he will be able to reach out to the minorities better when there is a lot of "nonsense" about vaccination.

The said event is expected to be livestreamed on Muslim television. The conference will also feature Black and Asian healthcare frontliners, as well as the scientists from Serum Institute in India. These scientists have helped mass produce the British-developed AstraZeneca vaccine.

It comes as Charles just had his first vaccination with Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, as Clarence House confirmed.The royal couple were part of the rollout of the fourth priority group belonging to the over 70s. The Prince of Wales is 72 while his wife is 73.

Charles and Camilla's vaccination follows a month after Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip had their vaccination as well. It is understood that the monarch and the Duke of Edinburgh have completed their second jab. The royals have no plans to divulge which vaccine they received.

The Prince of Wales has previously indicated that he will "absolutely" inform the public if he received the vaccine. Charles contracted the virus during the first wave in late March 2020 and suffered mild symptoms. In December, amid the plans to begin the rollout, Charles said that he doesn't mind if he's not in the first priority since the frontliners need the vaccine. The heir to the British throne also said that he has developed COVID-19 anti-bodies when he got sick so he still has extra protection from another infection.