Tag: Vaccine Hesitancy

The Health Services Director further said that reminders are also sent to the beneficiaries on the day of vaccination as well.

As India achieved an important milestone by vaccinating over 60 crore countrymen with Covid-19 jabs, National Vice President of BJP, Baijayant Panda on Monday gave a befitting reply to the loud vaccine distrust in the country once fuelled by some prominent public figures.

The folk artists, who have lost their livelihood due to the pandemic, will get an opportunity to earn some money with this awareness drive.

While Odisha is one of the few states which has been registering a higher vaccination rate compared to the national average, it is still far behind states like Rajasthan which has been able to vaccinate nearly 85 per cent of its citizens above 60 years of age, with at least one shot.

She is just 11-year-old girl, but she is pulling off some amazing skating manoeuvres even while wearing a saree. Look at her glide through the wet and slippery roads of her village in Sitapur, UP. But she is not doing it just to show off her roller skating skills.

Even as people across the State are making a beeline in front of various healthcare facilities to get them vaccinated, health workers in tribal-dominated Rayagada district are often greeted by empty houses with people deserting their villages fearing vaccines.