COVID-19 vaccine uptake and its determinants in hilly area in Satara district: A cross sectional study

Covid – 19 pandemic is newer to human kind and vaccination is the most important weapon which can prevent and protect us from this highly infectious disease. The vaccines used in the war against Covid are relatively new and are manufactured after studies of just few months! Due to urgency and need of vaccine as weapon it was necessary to manufacture them earlier but still they are allowed to be used on emergency basis and not on regular basis due to limitation of stage 4 data. There are various factors which are responsible for vaccine uptake in general population and this study was conducted to find out those Objective: To find out Various determinants responsible for covid -19 vaccine uptake in hilly area of Satara district. Result: The vaccine hesitancy was observed in around 5% of the young age group 18-40 years of age whereas it was very low in age group more than 60 Years. The health care workers were the motivators for most of the reluctant beneficiaries and they easily were convinced to take the vaccine.&nbsp