Vaccine inequality in India sends many falling through gaps

FILE - In this May 19, 2021, file photo, a physically disabled man seeks alms as people walk past during the relaxation hours of lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19 in Bengaluru, India. The disparities of the coronavirus pandemic were already stark in India, where access to health care is as stratified and unequal as other parts of its society. Now, the divide along the lines of wealth and technology are further widening that chasm, and many people are falling through the gaps as vaccines remain inaccessible to millions. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi, File)

FILE - In this April 26, 2021, file photo, people queue up for coronavirus vaccine in Mumbai, India. The disparities of the coronavirus pandemic were already stark in India, where access to health care is as stratified and unequal as other parts of its society. Now, the divide along the lines of wealth and technology are further widening that chasm, and many people are falling through the gaps as vaccines remain inaccessible to millions. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)

FILE - In this May 10, 2021, file photo, people waiting to get vaccinated against the coronavirus stand outside the closed gates of a hospital in Ghaziabad, outskirts of New Delhi, India. The disparities of the coronavirus pandemic were already stark in India, where access to health care is as stratified and unequal as other parts of its society. Now, the divide along the lines of wealth and technology are further widening that chasm, and many people are falling through the gaps as vaccines remain inaccessible to millions. (AP Photo/Amit Sharma, File)

FILE - In this May 8, 2021, file photo, a health worker displays empty vials of COVID-19 vaccines in Gauhati, India. The disparities of the coronavirus pandemic were already stark in India, where access to health care is as stratified and unequal as other parts of its society. Now, the divide along the lines of wealth and technology are further widening that chasm, and many people are falling through the gaps as vaccines remain inaccessible to millions. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath, File)

FILE - In this May 17, 2021, file photo, a woman takes selfie as she receives a vaccine for COVID-19 in Gauhati, Assam, India. The disparities of the coronavirus pandemic were already stark in India, where access to health care is as stratified and unequal as other parts of its society. Now, the divide along the lines of wealth and technology are further widening that chasm, and many people are falling through the gaps as vaccines remain inaccessible to millions. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath, File)

FILE - In this May 17, 2021, file photo, a health worker prepares to administer the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine to a man next to India's state emblem during a soft launch of the Russian vaccine by inoculating employees and families of Dr Reddy's Laboratories in Hyderabad, India. The disparities of the coronavirus pandemic were already stark in India, where access to health care is as stratified and unequal as other parts of its society. Now, the divide along the lines of wealth and technology are further widening that chasm, and many people are falling through the gaps as vaccines remain inaccessible to millions. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A, File)

FILE - In this May 5, 2021, file photo, journalists sit after they got vaccinated against coronavirus at the press club in Gauhati, India. The disparities of the coronavirus pandemic were already stark in India, where access to health care is as stratified and unequal as other parts of its society. Now, the divide along the lines of wealth and technology are further widening that chasm, and many people are falling through the gaps as vaccines remain inaccessible to millions. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath, File)