People in UP fleeing while people in other parts of country are queuing for vaccine; vaccination process going slow in rural areas

LUCKNOW: While many are raising complaints against the government for not supplying enough vaccine doses, the situation appears to be different in the rural parts of Uttar Pradesh. Villagers here are afraid to get vaccinated. Recently, there were reports that people jumped into the river while refusing to get vaccinated. Now the video of an old woman hiding behind a huge drum for fear of being vaccinated is going viral.

In Etawah of Uttar Pradesh, the authorities decided to conduct a door-to-door vaccination drive following the non-cooperation of the people. The video shows an elderly woman hiding behind a huge drum inside the house when officers arrived to administer the vaccine. Following this, the healthcare workers managed to get her out of the drum by promising not to give her the vaccine. When the woman finally came out, she is seen refusing to get vaccinated. The incident took place in Chandanpur village in Etawah.

Following the incident, MLA Sarita Bhadauria reached the area and visited the houses to explain the situation to the villagers. Last month, a group of villagers in Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki district jumped into a river and swam to safety, fearing vaccination. They did these after someone told them that it was not a vaccine, but a poisonous injection.