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Synopsis
Vaccinating all adults, some 90 crore Indians, is fraught with multiple challenges. These include a massive shortage of jabs, friction between the Centre and some states, confusion arising out of differential pricing and, above all, the severity of the current wave, which has jammed the nation’s healthcare infrastructure and even forced many youngsters to worry whether vaccination centres could emerge as super spreading spots.
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After Nayana Achamma, a BA student in Kerala, cast her vote for the first time on April 6, she has been all agog to know the results of the assembly elections which will be out on May 2. But closer to the date, the anticipation for the results got supplanted by her eagerness for the Covid-19 vaccine, which opened for all adults from May 1.
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On April 14, a record 6.28 lakh people were vaccinated in Andhra Pradesh, the highest in a day in any state. Chief minister Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy attributed the success to the Village Secretariat system and asked other states to replicate it as an effective model of governance for judicious delivery of benefits to the right people. Based on 2.6 lakh village and ward volunteers, the system was put in place by Reddy’s party after its good show in the 2019 general elections in the state. The volunteers’ primary duty is to deliver all government welfare benefits directly at the doorsteps of beneficiaries, even those living in far-flung and inaccessible areas. This network has also helped Andhra Pradesh handle the second Covid surge effectively. Each volunteer covers 50 families, which helps in reaching out to every household for vaccination.
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How COVID-19 pandemic affected women and children; read here
New Delhi: The impact of COVID-19 is not gender neutral. As the pandemic has spread across the globe it has heightened and amplified existing vulnerabilities and inequalities in social, political, economic and health systems.
Policies and public health responses have not fully considered the gendered impact of the crisis on girls and women. Instead, with the spread of the pandemic, even the limited gains made by women and girls in the past few decades are at risk.
From health to the economy, the impact of COVID-19 is exacerbated for women and girls simply by virtue of their sex across all sectors.