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Rural pulse: In long queue for vax after a relentless second Covid-19 wave

The third part of the series looks at the state of vaccination in parts of rural Bengal

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The state government is prioritizing the second dose and administering the first dose to priority groups, who come in contact with people regularly – like transport workers, hawkers, retailers

Ishita Ayan Dutt Jangipara/Singur (Hooghly)
Dudh Kumar Saha (52) was in wait-and-watch mode even after his brother took the jab in April, weighing the risk of side effects. But as Covid cases surged in the second wave, he started making daily visits to the vaccination centre at the rural hospital in Jangipara (Hooghly) – about 46 km from Kolkata.

“Now, when I want to take the shot, vaccines are not available,” he says. Saha is not alone. The site has seen hundreds queue up over the past week.

On May 15, about 200 people had queued up, but few got jabbed, say locals. The next