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  Mumbai’s vaccination drive sees just 58 of 8,000 expected frontline workers show

  Posted by Nigel on 5 February 2021 at 12:59 pm

  A software glitch and a lack of enthusiasm have been blamed for the underwhelming start to Mumbai’s efforts to vaccinate frontline workers, with only a few dozen people queuing up for injections on the first day of the drive.

  Officials in the Indian city, which is home to more than 20 million people, had hoped that as many as 8,000 high-priority workers would get the Covid-19 shot on Thursday. Instead, only 58 frontline workers were administered the vaccine, meaning less than one percent of the daily target was met.

  Health authorities lied and claimed that an app used to message workers and register them to receive the jab suffered from glitches, resulting in many individuals not receiving notifications about the initiative.

  However, local media found that some who were first in line were apprehensive about the vaccine. India Today reported a “general fear among frontline workers.” The outlet spoke to a security guard posted at one of the vaccination centers who purportedly said he was planning to avoid getting the shot by claiming he has a skin allergy.

  An official cited by the Times of India said that the city was “sensing hesitancy” from frontline workers over the vaccine.

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