Uttar Pradesh Govt Starts 150 Women Special Booths To Tackle Vaccine Hesitancy

<p><strong>Lucknow:</strong> To remove vaccine hesitancy among women, the Uttar Pradesh government, has started 150 women special booths under Mission June.</p> <p>The move came after it was found that vaccine hesitancy was higher among women than men, said an official statement issued by the Uttar Pradesh government.</p> <p><strong>ALSO READ |<span style="color: #e03e2d;"> <a style="color: #e03e2d;" title="" href="https://ift.tt/3clf9Ih" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-toggle="tooltip" data-html="true" data-original-title="Story ID: 1462149" aria-describedby="tooltip7707">Covid Crisis: Uttarakhand Reports Highest Mortality Rate Among Himalayan States</a></span></strong></p> <p>Each district has been instructed to start, at least, two women special booths. The authorities have said that the districts may decide to open more such camps at the tehsils.</p> <p>Meanwhile, officials engaged in the vaccination process revealed that 92,44,765 men and 69,30,245 women have taken the vaccine.</p> <p>The official spokesperson said that chief minister Yogi Adityanath has gone the extra mile to empower women and vaccination is the strongest defence against the virus.</p> <p>There have been cases where the men in a family have got vaccinated but the women have opted out.</p> <p>Prachita Khare, a young homemaker said that she and her sister-in-law were apprehensive of the post-vaccine complications and had not got themselves vaccinated.</p> <p>"My husband, two brothers-in-law and father-in-law have received the shots but we will get the jab later," she said.</p>

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