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Women falling behind in India's COVID-19 vaccination drive


 
 
Reuters
Published: 09 Jun 2021 09:29 AM BdST
Updated: 09 Jun 2021 09:29 AM BdST
Monira Abbas Bhagasrala, 53, receives a dose of COVISHIELD, a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine manufactured by Serum Institute of India, at a vaccination centre in Mumbai, India, May 6, 2021. REUTERS
Many more men in India have received COVID-19 vaccines than women, government data showed on Tuesday, highlighting gender disparity in the country s immunisation drive that has also disadvantaged the rural population.
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India has partly or fully vaccinated about 101 million men, nearly 17% more than women. Men account for 54% of the total number of people inoculated, according to the data.
Many federally administered regions, the capital Delhi, and big states such as Uttar Pradesh have seen some of the worst inequities. Only Kerala in the south and Chhattisgarh in central India have vaccinated more women than men. ....

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