What is the status of India’s vaccine rollout?India’s nation-wide mass vaccination programme is in its second week and after nine days (till 24 January), India has inoculated 16,13,667 heath workers spread over 28,613 sessions.
That’s a low turnout considering that one session is designed for 100 beneficiaries. Thereby, the coverage rate is around 56%.
In other words, for every 100 people expected to be inoculated, 44 haven’t showed up thus far. On 23 January, the coverage rate was 44%.
If less than the expected number show up, it would lead to vaccine wastage since open vials will have to be disposed off within a few hours.Why did people resist vaccines in the past?Every vaccine programme has had to deal with its share of rumour.