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Barely 60% willing to go for second Covid-19 jab, says BCG report

BCG pointed out that across India only 54-62 per cent is willing to take the second dose

Rough estimates by public health experts suggest about 90 million partially vaccinated people in India are due for their second dose.
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Rough estimates by public health experts suggest about 90 million partially vaccinated people in India are due for their second dose.

Sohini Das Mumbai
India on October 21 touched a historical milestone of having administered one billion vaccine doses. The path to the next billion, however, seems uphill.
 
Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan highlighted the challenge himself. “Completion of the second dose is the next challenge.”
 
Why so? A recent study based on primary research with 3,500 citizens conducted by Boston Consulting Group’s (BCG’s) Centre of Customer Insight (CCI) shows that only about half the population (54-62 per cent) who are vaccinated with the first dose, have high willingness to take the second dose.
 
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