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In pictures: Health workers vaccinate Kashmir nomads

Most people in the valley are hesitant to get vaccinated because of misinformation

Published: July 10, 2021 16:52 Reuters

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_Kashmir_Photo_Gallery_01267.jpg-3f5cd-1625919914245 — Kashmiri shepherdess Najma Begum (left) reacts as she receives the Covishield vaccine from Masrat Farid, a healthcare worker, in Gagangeer, northeast of Srinagar. Masrat has trekked long distances through remote Himalayan meadows in Kashmir to vaccinate nomadic herders in a campaign launched in June. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_Kashmir_Photo_Gallery_88365.jpg-ecdac-1625919918155 — Masrat's challenge isn't the treacherous terrain, she says, but persuading people to get inoculated against the coronavirus. | Above: Masrat (centre) successfully convinces Kulsuma Banoo to take the COVID-19 vaccine in Gagangeer. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of APTOPIX_Virus_Outbreak_Kashmir_Photo_Gallery_66077.jpg-12a5b-1625919925802 — "Everywhere we go it seems rumors reach earlier than we do, and it makes our job difficult," Farid (right) said during a recent vaccination campaign in a high altitude meadow. She said most people are hesitant to get vaccinated because of the rumors. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_Kashmir_Photo_Gallery_44323.jpg-47d92-1625919890970 — And the rumors are plentiful. Fueled by misinformation and mistrust, many residents, particularly in remote areas, believe that the vaccines cause impotence, serious side effects and could even kill. Some simply say they don't need the shots because they're immune to the coronavirus. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_Kashmir_Photo_Gallery_49220.jpg-0f3b0-1625919895192 — Still, Kashmir has done better than the rest of India. Scores of health workers like Farid have fully vaccinated over 9% of the eligible people among the region's 14 million population, compared to less than 5% for India's nearly 1.4 billion people. Almost 53% in Kashmir have had a first shot. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of APTOPIX_Virus_Outbreak_Kashmir_Photo_Gallery_53318.jpg-aff9b-1625919929485 — Dr. Tajamul-Hussain Khan, chief medical officer unsuccessfully tries to convince a Kashmiri nomad woman sitting on horse back who refused to let her 30 year old son to be vaccinated during a COVID-19 vaccination drive in Tosamaidan. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_Kashmir_Photo_Gallery_93007.jpg-53f02-1625919933373 — A health worker administers the Covishield vaccine to shepherdess Mukhti Khan as her husband Satar Khan registers his name during a vaccination drive in Tosamaidan, southwest of Srinagar. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_Kashmir_Photo_Gallery_41263.jpg-30793-1625919907269 — Kashmiri nomads listen to Dr. Sayeed Idrees during a COVID-19 vaccination drive in Tosamaidan, southwest of Srinagar. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_Kashmir_Photo_Gallery_11498.jpg-20d80-1625919885361 — Nazir Ahmed, a healthcare worker, holds the case containing the Covishield vaccines as he along with his teammate Ghulam Mohammad sit inside an ambulance as they prepare to leave for vaccination drive in Khag, southwest of Srinagar. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_Kashmir_Photo_Gallery_48316.jpg-5e980-1625919881562 — Team of doctors and healthcare workers in ambulance and vehicles drive during a vaccination drive in Tosamaidan. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_Kashmir_Photo_Gallery_84540.jpg-3d8d5-1625919903288 — Healthcare workers administer a dose of Covishield vaccine to Basheera Banoo, a Kashmiri shepherd woman, during a COVID-19 vaccination drive in the forest area of Gund, northeast of Srinagar. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_Kashmir_Photo_Gallery_21830.jpg-17484-1625919899294 — Healthcare workers Masrat Farid and her colleagues cross a stream near river Sind to reach villages on the upper reaches during a COVID-19 vaccination drive in Gagangeer, northeast of Srinagar. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of APTOPIX_Virus_Outbreak_Kashmir_Photo_Gallery_08216.jpg-fda3b-1625919922242 — A Kashmiri shepherd woman watches villagers being vaccinated as she stands outside her hut during a COVID-19 vaccination drive in Tosamaidan. Image Credit: AP

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