{"id":69331,"date":"2021-06-16T08:29:02","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T12:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=69331"},"modified":"2021-06-16T08:55:44","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T12:55:44","slug":"covid-1984-police-in-rural-india-force-unvaccinated-to-wear-skull-and-crossbones-signs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=69331","title":{"rendered":"COVID-1984: POLICE IN RURAL INDIA FORCE UNVACCINATED TO WEAR SKULL AND CROSSBONES SIGNS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Coronavirus: Unvaccinated Indians forced to wear ‘skull and crossbones’ signs<\/h1>\n

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The policy has provoked anger online, with social media users calling it an \u201cinsult\u201d and \u201cstigmatising\u201d. Photo credit: Reuters<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

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Police in rural India have made some citizens who have not been vaccinated against the coronavirus wear signs with a skull and crossbones, the universal symbol for danger, stoking anger in a country where shots are in short supply.<\/p>\n

Officers in the Niwari district of central Madhya Pradesh state said they introduced the policy to encourage more vaccinations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Indians forced to wear ‘skull and crossbones’ signs because they’re unvaccinated. Credits: Reuters<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Watching the low vaccination rate in our district we decided to honour the people who got vaccinated, but then we also found a large number of people who were not vaccinated,” Santosh Patel, a sub-divisional police officer posted in the Prithvipur block of Niwari district, told Reuters on Thursday.<\/p>\n

“So to teach them a lesson and encourage them to get vaccinated, we administrated an oath to get them inoculated as soon as possible.”<\/p>\n

Those who were vaccinated were given a sign with the colours of the Indian flag reading “I am a nationalist.”<\/p>\n

Those who were not vaccinated were given a skull and crossbones sign saying “Do not come near me, I am not vaccinated. Please stay away from me,” according to Patel and video footage from the district. Some people were seen wearing the signs taped to their chest.<\/p>\n

The policy has provoked anger online, with social media users calling it an “insult” and “stigmatising”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Around 14 percent of residents in Madhya Pradesh have had one inoculation against coronavirus, with vaccination rates in rural areas like Niwari among the lowest anywhere in the country.<\/p>\n

India, the world’s largest vaccine maker, is suffering with supply issues after exporting tens of millions of shots, including donations to smaller nations.<\/p>\n

REUTERS<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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