Doctors scale rockslides, invoke gods to vaccinate Himalayan villages
To visit the Indian village of Malana deep in the Himalayas, a COVID-19 vaccination team scrambled over a landslide that blocked the road the day before, scaled a retaining wall and then began a three-hour trek down and up a river valley. Despite the hostile terrain, the northern state of Himachal Pradesh, where Malana is located, earlier this month became the first in India to administer at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose in all its adults.
Nirma Devi, 31, and Phula Devi, 30, hold boxes containing COVISHIELD vaccines
Nirma Devi, 31, and Phula Devi, 30, hold boxes containing COVISHIELD vaccines as they pose for a picture at Malana village in Kullu district in the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh, India, September 14, 2021
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Health workers trek through the mountains to vaccinate people in remote villages during a vaccination drive against COVID-19, near Malana village in Kullu district
Health workers Kamla Devi, 58, and Kanta Devi, 26, trek through the mountains to vaccinate people in remote villages during a vaccination drive against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, near Malana village in Kullu district in the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh, India, September 14, 2021.
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A health worker, carries a box containing COVISHIELD vaccines, walks through a road that was blocked after a landslide near Malana village in Kullu district
A health worker, carries a box containing COVISHIELD vaccines, as she walks through a road that was blocked after a landslide, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, near Malana village in Kullu district
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Phula Devi, 30, a local health worker carries boxes containing COVISHIELD vaccine, at Malana village
Phula Devi, 30, a local health worker carries boxes containing COVISHIELD vaccine, at Malana village in Kullu district in the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh, India, September 14, 2021.
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Health workers walk through a road, that was blocked after a landslide near Malana village in Kullu district
Health workers walk through a road, that was blocked after a landslide, as they trek to a remote villages as a part of a vaccination drive, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, near Malana village in Kullu district
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Medical kits and boxes containing COVISHIELD vaccines, are transported on a ropeway trolley to Malana village
Medical kits and boxes containing COVISHIELD vaccines, are transported on a ropeway trolley to Malana village, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Kullu district
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A health worker, treks through mountains to vaccinate people in remote villages as a part of a vaccination drive, during the COVID-19 outbreak
Bimla Thakur, 56, a health worker, treks through mountains to vaccinate people in remote villages as a part of a vaccination drive, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, near Malana village in Kullu district in the Himalayan stat
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Health workers carry medical kits and a box containing COVISHIELD vaccines, before starting their trek through the mountains to vaccinate people
Health workers carry medical kits and a box containing COVISHIELD vaccines, before starting their trek through the mountains to vaccinate people in remote villages, as a part of a vaccination drive, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, near Malana village
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