Vaccine hesitancy, poor health infrastructure make Covid situation worse in Amritsar village

A village adjoining the Attari border in Amritsar Punjab is witnessing a slow and steady rise in the number of Covid-19 cases. Some villages were seen roaming around without wearing a mask and some also expressed vaccine hesitancy. Several locals fear losing their livelihood amid the pandemic. Here's a round report.

Punjab on Wednesday recorded the biggest daily jump of 142 fatalities due to Covid-19 that pushed the death toll to 8,772 while 6,472 fresh cases took the cumulative tally to 3,58,186, according to a medical bulletin. Of the latest fatalities, 22 were reported from Gurdaspur, 18 from Amritsar, 17 from Sangrur, 15 from Ludhiana, 12 from Mohali and 10 from Patiala, it said.

The number of active cases in the state increased to 53,426 from 51,936 on Tuesday, the bulletin stated. Ludhiana saw the highest number of fresh cases at 952, followed by 867 in Mohali, 614 in Jalandhar, 597 in Patiala and 501 in Amritsar, among other districts.