Study of Public Approach Towards COVID-19 Vaccine Doses

Abstract

Introduction: Vaccine hesitancy was one of India's problems after the

COVID-19 vaccine roll-out. Earlier studies carried out to understand

people's perception of the vaccine were mainly based on online or offline

community-based surveys. These studies do not help to understand the

actions taken by people towards vaccination. Hence, this study has been

designed to understand the exact behaviour of people toward the vaccine

Methods: Age-wise, the population was sub-grouped into three groups,

above 18 years, 12-14 years, and 15-18 years. The data analysis has been

done using cumulative coverage of vaccines in the said age groups

Results: The study shows a substantial population has missed second

and booster doses of vaccine at the state, regional, and national levels in

all three age groups. Even for the states that have shown the smallest

number of people who missed their dose, their number is in the

thousands Conclusion: Further research is needed to know, in total

population, how many people have not even taken a single dose of

vaccine. Policy-level efforts are needed to cover the country's entire

population for at least a single dose and vulnerable populations, for

additional booster doses after primary doses