New Delhi: India has made extraordinary progress in Covid-19 vaccination in a short time but vaccinating the next billion will require a worse population segment, for whom the main obstacles to vaccine access can include knowledge, awareness, closeness, awareness, closeness, closeness of comfort , said the World Bank.
“The bigger focus on the aspects of the first service giving this might offer a key to bring a one-step pandemic closer to its conclusion,” said World Bank Arushi Bhatnagar and Owen Smith said on a blog.
From the forefront workers’ efforts to the launch of an innovative technology platform, the vaccine campaign has become an impressive achievement to protect the Indian population of viruses.
But the arrival of the Omicron variant has added a greater urgency for Covid vaccination efforts throughout the world, so it is even more important to maintain the momentum achieved so far, he said.
Citing data, blogs say findings show that vaccine doubts are no longer the main obstacles, if they have ever existed.
The household part states that they do not want to accept Covid vaccines if offered for free by the government decreasing from 14% in January to less than 3% in August, the blog said.
It was said the survey findings also highlighted the remaining gaps.
“The household part reported that at least one member was vaccinated four-fold from 17.5% in April to 70.4% in August.
Consistent with administrative data, there are significant differences in the level of vaccination throughout the state,” according to the blog .
Blogs record findings show other potential barriers to wider vaccine access.
There was a significant gap in vaccine coverage between urban and rural areas (66% vs 52%) and between those with and without cell phone access (59% vs 51%).
Vaccination: ‘reaching the next billion can be a challenge for India’
