Villagers in Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki jumped into a river to avoid getting vaccinated against Covid-19. Villagers said they jumped in the river because they were told it was not a vaccine, it was a poisonous injection.
Villagers jumped into the Sarayu River to escape the Covid vaccination.
In one bizarre case of vaccination reluctance, villagers in Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki jumped into the Sarayu River to avoid being vaccinated when a team of health officials reached the village to vaccinate them.
Ramnagar subdivision magistrate Rajiv Kumar Shukla said the incident took place on Saturday.
Even after the magistrate explained to the subdivision the importance and benefits of vaccination and tried to dispel the myths, only 14 people were vaccinated.
The villagers said they jumped in the river because some people told them it was not a vaccine, it was a poisonous injection.
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This comes at a time when the country is experiencing an acute vaccine shortage, especially for the 11-44 age group, and experts are urging the need for vaccination to curb the spread of Covid.
India is seeing an increase in daily deaths from Covid, although the number of new cases is falling.
The sharp increase in cases is overloading the health system. The spread of Covid has now also reached rural India.
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