Vaccine hesitancy
- India
Gujarat: Vaccine hesitancy attributed to rise in measles cases
Mehsana: A total of 91 suspected cases of measles were detected in parts of Mehsana district in Gujarat during a surveillance carried out in the last one month, a health department official…
- Telangana
Telangana man climbs on tree to avoid getting vaccinated
Hyderabad: With the health authorities going door to door to expedite Covid-19 vaccination and achieve 100 per cent target in Telangana by the end of December, incidents of vaccine hesitancy are coming to…
- World
‘Go To India,’ Philippines President says to people denying to take COVID-19 vaccine
In a recent address to the media, Philippines’ President Rodrigo Duterte made serious remarks and even threatened people that he might arrest people resisting taking a COVID-19 vaccine. His remarks come amid…
- Crime in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: 22-year-old ends life over vaccine hesitancy
Hyderabad: A 22-year-old man in the city’s Manikonda area ended his life after his family pressured him to get the dose. The youth identified as P Shiva Prakash died on Sunday by…
- Health
Vaccine hesitancy might pose threat to efforts for ending COVID-19 pandemic
Washington: The findings of a recent study suggested that even though the demand for COVID-19 vaccines currently seems to be high, hesitancy towards it might pose a major threat to public health…
