Vaccination 'hesitancy' rises in India as COVID-19 cases decrease

Vaccination ‘hesitancy’ rises in India as COVID-19 cases decrease Agencies Mumbai: Many Indians are appearing a bit hesitant to get vaccinated for COVID-19. This number is rising as COVID-19 infections have fallen sharply since a mid-September peak. Some people are worried about possible side-effects here, according to a survey of 18,000 people released on Thursday. India reported 24,037 new COVID-19 infections Thursday – fewer than 30,000 for a fourth straight day. The new infections took India’s total to 9.96 million, the second highest in the world. More than 1,44,000 people have died. Until early last month, India had looked set to overtake the infection tally of the United States. But the gap between them has since widened significantly. US cases have now risen to more than 16 million.