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Authorities are scrambling to open vaccination centres in the slums, but uptake has been slower than expected. Reuters pic
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CHENNAI, March 29 As a second wave of Covid-19 cases sweeps India, some poor city workers are shunning vaccination because they fear losing a day’s pay to get the jab, or possible side effects that could force them to skip work for longer.
Authorities are scrambling to open vaccination centres in the slums, but uptake has been slower than expected - exposing deep inequalities in healthcare access and high rates of vaccine hesitancy, campaigners said.
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