<span style="color: #222222;">In Maharashtra's Palghar, health officials in collaboration with the district administration has been making all out efforts to convince the temple priests, sarpanch of the villages and other people at upper echelons of power in predominantly tribal areas to take the COVID-19 vaccine.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The health officials have been figuring out such people who have not taken the jab.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">After convincing them to take the vaccine, a video of them taking the jab is shot and later made viral on social media.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">With help of these viral videos the health officials, reach out to the tribals who have been reluctant to get themselves inoculated due certain misconceptions.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Later after a couple of days, the health officials again visit the people who have been given vaccine.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">They are enquired whether they faced any side effects due to the vaccine.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Their reaction is once agaim shot on camera and that video clip too is made viral, to encourage people to come forward and take vaccine without any kind of fear.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The district administration feels that the temple priests, sarpanch of the village and other prominent people from the villages can influence the tribals in clearing their doubts and encourage them to take vaccine. </span><br />''  <br />