The police in Madhya Pradesh have begun “honouring” people who have got the Covid vaccination, while warning posters have been placed on those who have yet to acquire the vaccination.
Commuters who had received the COVID-19 vaccination were observed wearing badges. Police from the Niwari district were spotted pinning badges that said, “I’m a patriot as I’m vaccinated.”
“We are honouring those who have taken the vaccine, and telling those who haven’t,” a cop is heard saying in a video tweet. “Tell people I have been vaccinated, which is why I have been felicitated,” the cop told a guy wearing a cap and riding a bike.
People who still haven’t got vaccinated were made to wear a poster that says, “Stay away from me as I have not taken my Covid shot yet.”
Reacting to the video, several people on Twitter pointed that a shortage of vaccines could be one of the reasons behind people failing to get inoculated, or some of them could be waiting for their turn. Some also said that the experience of being made to wear warning posters can be humiliating.
Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday reported 535 COVID-19 cases and 36 deaths, taking the state’s tally to 7,86,302 and the deaths to 8,405. 1,376 patients were discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours, taking the state’s recovery count to 7,69,914, leaving it with 7,983 active cases.
