Vaccine Hesitancy

Syllabus- General Studies-2 (Health) Context- Various incidents of vaccine hesitancy have been reported across the country in recent months. In Uttar Pradesh, villagers reportedly jumped into the river due to rumours about the vaccines causing impotency. In Kashmir, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) of Baramullah declared that “adding to vaccine hesitancy should be treated as abetting murder.” In Madhya Pradesh, health officials were attacked over vaccine hesitancy. All this is happening even after in early January, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) released the ‘Covid-19 Vaccine Communication Strategy’. This comprehensive document with action points was supposed to serve as....Read More