Watch: UP Man Wrestles Official, Another Climbs Tree To Dodge Covid Shot
NDTV
The first dose of vaccines have been administered to over 95 per cent of the eligible population in Uttar Pradesh while the second dose administered to around 62 per cent.
A team of health officials in Uttar Pradesh's Ballia, out on a Covid vaccination awareness drive, faced cases of extreme hesitancy in a remote village, underscoring the need for faster vaccinations ahead of elections in India's most populous state.
Ballia is among UP's worst-performing districts when it comes to overall vaccinations in the state. The videos were shot on Tuesday by health officials. One of them shows a man climbing a tree to escape vaccination, another video shows a man wrestling a health official to the ground.
"Please come down," a group of people urge a man on a tree.
"I won't come down. I don't want to get jabbed. I am scared," the man replies.
