Misinformation blamed for slow start to India vaccine drive
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A health worker performs a trial run of the COVID-19 vaccine delivery system in New Delhi, India, Friday, Jan. 8, 2021. India will kick off the coronavirus vaccination drive on Jan. 16 to stem the pandemic in the world’s second-most populous country. A Health Ministry statement says that priority will be given to the healthcare workers and the frontline workers, estimated around 30 million. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
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. Updated: 20 Jan 2021, 03:16 PM IST AFP
Hoaxes, doctored videos and far-fetched rumours are emerging as some of the biggest threats to India s massive coronavirus vaccine drive, with misinformation blamed for sluggish initial take-ups
Hoaxes, fake news blamed for slow start to India vaccine drive
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India today launched the world s biggest covid jab effort to inoculate 300 million of its 1.3 billion people by July - a target which dwarfs the British population by more than four times.
An army of 150,000 specially trained staff have been deployed to dole out the vaccines across 700 districts after several dry runs to improve their tactics.
On day one around 300,000 people, including medics, over-50s and those deemed high-risk, were given their first of two doses.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi proudly announced V-Day on his YouTube channel as India began the monumental task compounded by poverty, shaky infrastructure and public scepticism.