out basic medication for fever and diarrhoeathe main breadwinner for her family of five jani draws a monthly salary of 3000 rupees 41 helping put her two daughters and one son through schoolwhen she first learned she was to be vaccinated jani said she wasnt worried then she heard a rumoursomeone told me that people are fainting they are developing fever and some are dying after taking the injection she said that is why i was frightenedin a survey conducted by new delhibased online platform localcircles 62 of 17000 respondents were hesitant to get vaccinated immediately mainly due to worries over possible adverse reactionsthe fears are rife among health workers too prompting india to appeal to frontline workers not to refuse vaccines after many states failed to meet initial vaccination targetsdr tapas rajan behera the medical officer in charge of the mathalput community health centre said authorities were aware of possible reluctance to take the vaccine and had instructed health workers to allay fears over safetya jittery jani eventually received her shot partly vaccinating her against covid19 one tiny step in indias mission to beat the pandemic