Government flags gender gap in COVID-19 vaccination
The Hindu
Only 46% of jabs on June 21 went to women despite record overall numbers
Though a record on June 21, only 46% of the beneficiaries were women. This “gender imbalance” needed to be corrected in the days ahead, said Chairman, National Empowered Group on Vaccination V.K. Paul. “Where this imbalance exists, it has to be addressed and we have to make it easier for women to access vaccines and this is a lesson for the future,” Dr. Paul said at a press briefing on Tuesday. According to the 2011 Census, there are 943 women for every 1,000 men in India with the ratio more skewed in some States than others. Also read |The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.