Vaccinations in rural India increase amid supply concerns

[George II]

Source: Associated Press

NEW DELHI (AP) — India has dramatically increased COVID-19 vaccination rates in its vast rural hinterland, where around 65% of the country’s nearly 1.4 billion people live. But supply constraints remain for the world’s largest maker of vaccines and experts say it’s unlikely India will reach its target of vaccinating all adults by the end of the year.

India opened shots for all adults in May. But the campaign faltered in villages due to vaccine hesitancy and misinformation. That started changing in mid-July and of the nearly 120 million shots administered in the past three weeks, around 70% were in India’s villages — up from around half in the initial weeks of May.

Although the increased vaccine acceptance in rural areas is promising, the pandemic is far from done in India: After weeks of steady decline, the 46,000 new infections reported Saturday was its highest in almost two months.

Only about 11% of India’s vast population is fully vaccinated. Half of all adults and about 35% of the total population have received at least one shot. This has left large swathes of people still susceptible to the virus.



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[IronLionZion]

1. Vaccinations in rural America decreased amid stupid concerns

we should send them some of our extra doses before they go bad.

[cadoman]

2. I'm glad we are getting extra doses to people who need it here but my heart goes out to India

We saw a lot of success with getting the vaccine out to and saving residents in Tamil Nadu. They were the only state that bothered to follow WHO guidelines and they are having great success.

But part of having success is having the vaccine to treat with. We need more money and programs for vaccination and suppressing misinformation, and more masks to help save Indians in the meantime.

https://apnews.com/article/india-science-coronavirus-pandemic-health-8dd07a1f6bb56f4352130307f843458f

It is just crazy to read this. India will need a vaccination rate of at least 90% or most of the population could die. They are barely in double digit rates right now! We are looking at a literal holocaust of Indians unless vaccination increases!