ADVERTISEMENT“It was… a rollercoaster of emotions,” the 19-year-old told AFP of her frantic, multi-day search to find a slot on India’s online or app vaccination portals. “I have better chances of winning the lottery than getting a vaccination shot,” grumbled one Mumbai-based Twitter user. So far, only three percent of India’s 1.3 billion people — or 39.5 million — are fully vaccinated with both doses. Authorities should also consider “taking vaccines to the people rather than having people coming to the vaccines”, Ashoka University physics and biology professor Gautam Menon told AFP. Those who don’t have a smartphone — what will they do?,” the 26-year-old told AFP at a milk store in Delhi where he works.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 13, 2021 07:52 UTC