Ignorance and fear rule as COVID-19 ravages poverty-stricken rural areas in India Published: June 05, 2021 07:54 AFP In this picture taken on June 1, 2021, an Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) worker (right) speaks to a resident during a door-to-door Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine awareness campaign in Kalwa village on the outskirts of Jind, India. Image Credit: AFP
Kalwa, India: When health worker Neelam Kumari knocks on doors in Indian villages the occupants sometimes run out the back, terrified that she wants to vaccinate them against COVID-19.
With India s devastating recent virus surge easing in cities, the deadly pandemic is ravaging the vast poverty-stricken rural hinterland. But here, ignorance and fear rule.
With India's devastating recent virus surge, the deadly pandemic is ravaging the vast poverty-stricken rural hinterland, where ignorance and fear rule.
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When health worker Neelam Kumari knocks on doors in Indian villages the occupants sometimes run out the back, terrified that she wants to vaccinate them against Covid-19.
With India s devastating recent virus surge easing in cities, the deadly pandemic is ravaging the vast poverty-stricken rural hinterland. But here, ignorance and fear rule.
People do not even step forward for testing as they think the government will declare them Covid-positive even if they are not
Dr Shoeb Ali A lot of people in my village don t want to take the vaccine. They fear that they will die if they take it, Ms Kumari told AFP in Dhatrath, a collection of two-storey buildings in Haryana state with buffaloes wandering the streets.