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Fears overcome vaccine hesitancy as India hits 20 million total Covid-19 infections

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Srinagar, May 4 (EFE/EPA).- After battling needle-phobia and ignoring many vaccination myths, a fearful Shumaila Firdous sat in a chair with Islamic devotional songs blaring on her headphones.She squeezed her eyes tight as a nurse came with a cotton swab and a 0.5 ml AD syringe at a community hall-turned-immunization center in Kashmir as India reels under a devastating second wave of the coronavirus.India on Tuesday surpassed 20 million coronavirus since the start of the pandemic, registering 357,229 new cases in the last 24 hours, while a virulent second wave has strained the country's healthcare system.The South Asian country also reported 3,449 deaths in 24 hours, bringing the total number of fatalities to 222,408, according to the latest data from the Ministry of Health, while experts believe that the actual figures could be significantly higher. (Camera: FAROOQ KHAN).B-ROLL OF THE CITY OF SRINAGAR IN INDIAN KASHMIR DURING COVID-19 LOCKDOWN.

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