Vaccine inequality in India sends many falling through gaps
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NEHA MEHROTRA and SHEIKH SAALIQ, Associated Press
May 25, 2021
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1of11FILE - In this April 26, 2021, file photo, people queue up for coronavirus vaccine in Mumbai, India. The disparities of the coronavirus pandemic were already stark in India, where access to health care is as stratified and unequal as other parts of its society. Now, the divide along the lines of wealth and technology are further widening that chasm, and many people are falling through the gaps as vaccines remain inaccessible to millions.Rafiq Maqbool/APShow MoreShow Less
2of11FILE - In this May 17, 2021, file photo, a health worker prepares to administer the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine to a man next to India s state emblem during a soft launch of the Russian vaccine by inoculating employees and families of Dr Reddy s Laboratories in Hyderabad, India. The disparities of the coronavirus pandemic were alread
NEW DELHI (AP) As the coronavirus tears through India, night watchman Sagar Kumar thinks constantly about getting vaccines for himself and his family of five amid critical shortages of shots in the country. But even if he knew how to get one, it wouldn’t be easy. The main way is to register through a […]
NEW DELHI (AP) As the coronavirus tears through India, night watchman Sagar Kumar thinks constantly about getting vaccines for himself and his family of five amid critical shortages of shots in the country. But even if he knew how to get one, it wouldn't be easy.
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NEW DELHI – As the coronavirus tears through India, night watchman Sagar Kumar thinks constantly about getting vaccines for himself and his family of five amid critical shortages of shots in the country. But even if he knew how to get one, it wouldn t be easy.
The main way is to register through a government website. But it is in English a language the 25-year-old Kumar and nearly 90% of Indians can t speak, read or write and his family has a single smartphone, with spotty internet service.
And even though his state of Uttar Pradesh gives free shots to those under 45, there is no vaccination site in his village, with the nearest hospital an hour away.