3-MIN READ Covid-19: Rising Reluctance to Take the Shot Latest Challenge Before Centre A medical worker inoculates a doctor with a Covid-19 vaccine at the Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre (IKDRC) in Ahmedabad. (AFP) To tackle this, the government plans to roll out an elaborate multi-pronged approach, including messages from the prime minister and chief ministers, and bombarding social media and news cycles with positive messages to change the public discourse. FOLLOW US ON: The growing hesitancy among citizens to take the much-awaited Covid-19 shot has less to do with trypanophobia and is more about the fear and anxiety brought on by reports of side effects – sometimes fatal – in a few cases. Although in none of the cases, the post-jab medical conditions were proved to be a direct result of the Covid-19 vaccine, there is rising uncertainty in people about taking the shot in the arm.