India's unusual Covid-19 vaccine problem: Plenty of shots, but few takers


A staff of a medical college takes part in an awareness campaign for the Covid-19 coronavirus vaccination on the eve of India’s Republic Day in Bangalore on January 25, 2021. - AFP

NEW DELHI (Bloomberg): Most of the world is struggling to secure enough Covid-19 vaccines to inoculate their populations. India has the opposite problem: Plenty of shots, but a shortage of people willing to take them.

As India rolls out one of the world's biggest inoculation programmes, some healthcare and other frontline workers are hesitating because of safety concerns over a vaccine that has yet to complete phase III trials.

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