No faith in vaccine, mistrust in the fast roll-out of vaccines and the possibility of governments hiding adverse reaction datawere among the top reasons why some in the eligible India population the The Hindu spoke to haverefused to take even the first shot of the COVID-19 vaccine so far.
The problem gets compounded with the Union Health Ministry’s own admission earlier this week that 6.5 crore persons are now overdue for their second dose. “Good vaccination coverage is a must for breaking transmission,” said experts.
