Residents of Bardeeha village in Adhaura block, where rumours about vaccines have put off many, and those who want to get vaccinated complain of lack of access | Jyoti Yadav | ThePrint Text Size: Kaimur: The coronavirus pandemic has laid bare the country’s deep digital divide as remote areas struggle to keep pace with the central government’s web-based vaccination drive. Take the case of Bihar’s remote Adhaura, the state’s least populated block, which is 58 kilometres from the digitally well-connected district headquarters in Kaimur. In internet miles, that distance is an eternity. Forget access to Cowin, very few have even heard of the Bihar government’s Home Isolation Tracking or HIT app, which is supposed to monitor Covid patients across the state. Add vaccine hesitancy to the lack of internet connectivity and the district administration has a battle on its hands. Kaimur’s Deputy Development Commissioner Kumar Gaurav said a letter has already been sent to the state government to take vaccination offline in these areas. Underscoring the internet deprivation in Adhaura, block development officer Alok Kumar Sharma, 30, spoke about the lengths his team goes to just to send a WhatsApp message to the Kaimur headquarters. “A team member travels 22…
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'We travel 22km to send a WhatsApp' — vaccine slot a distant reality for 118 Bihar villages
