India’s rubbish scavengers left behind in vaccine programme | South China Morning Post

Since India launched its national Covid-19 immunisation programme in mid-January, the country’s army of informal waste workers are yet to be vaccinated. Their proximity to dumpsites make rubbish scavengers highly vulnerable to disease. But unlike municipal sanitation workers, they are not formally employed, with lim…

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