On Camera, Woman Afraid Of Vaccination Hides Behind Drum In UP

Coronavirus: Uttar Pradesh's pace of COVID-19 vaccination is among the lowest of all big states

A video from Uttar Pradesh's Etawah district that shows an elderly woman hiding behind a drum to dodge a team of COVID-19 vaccinators has been shared widely on social media, underscoring the big challenge of quick inoculation in India's most populous state. BJP MLA Sarita Bhadauria and a Health Department team went to Chandanpur village for a vaccination and awareness drive on Tuesday. When they reached a house in the village, they managed to meet a few people but Har Devi, in her 80s, first hid behind a door and then ran behind a large drum in the house to dodge the team of health workers and the MLA. In visuals, the woman is seen crouched behind a drum inside a dark room. "The vaccination people have come. Where are you, amma?" someone is heard saying in the video.