Battling myths, fears to overcome vaccine hesitancy in India | Video

Srinagar, May 4 (EFE/EPA).- After battling needle-phobia and ignoring many vaccination myths, a fearful Shumaila Firdous sat in a chair with Islamic devotional songs blaring on her headphones.

She squeezed her eyes tight as a nurse came with a cotton swab and a 0.5 ml AD syringe at a community hall-turned-immunization center in Kashmir as India reels under a devastating second wave of the coronavirus.

India on Tuesday surpassed 20 million coronavirus since the start of the pandemic, registering 357,229 new cases in the last 24 hours, while a virulent second wave has strained the country's healthcare system.

The South Asian country also reported 3,449 deaths in 24 hours, bringing the total number of fatalities to 222,408, according to the latest data from the Ministry of Health, while experts believe that the actual figures could be significantly higher. (Camera: FAROOQ KHAN).

B-ROLL OF THE CITY OF SRINAGAR IN INDIAN KASHMIR DURING COVID-19 LOCKDOWN.

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Date: 04/05/2021 12:00 (UTC)
Credit: EFE
Source: EPA
Topic: Health » Epidemic and plague
Type: Ready-to-use
Duration: 58 seconds
Reference: 7001069832
Relevance: Normal