Nirma Devi, 31, and Phula Devi, 30, hold boxes containing COVISHIELD vaccines as they pose for a picture at Malana village in Kullu district in the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh, India, September 14, 2021. Despite the hostile terrain, the northern state of Himachal Pradesh became the first in India to administer at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose in all its adults. The steep topography was a challenge overcome by health workers walking for hours or days to reach remote villages. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi SEARCH "REMOTE VILLAGERS VACCINE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Kamla Devi, 58, a health worker, gives a dose of the COVISHIELD vaccine to a villager, as part of a vaccination drive during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at Malana village in Kullu district in the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh, India, September 14, 2021. "People were initially scared to take the vaccine, worried they would fall sick or die" said village head Rajuram. "Then I took it and others also mustered the courage." REUTERS/Adnan Abidi SEARCH "REMOTE VILLAGERS VACCINE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Health workers Kamla Devi, 58, and Kanta Devi, 26, trek through the mountains to vaccinate people in remote villages during a vaccination drive against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, near Malana village in Kullu district in the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh, India, September 14, 2021. Despite the hostile terrain, the northern state of Himachal Pradesh became the first in India to administer at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose in all its adults. The steep topography was a challenge overcome by health workers walking for hours or days to reach remote villages. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi SEARCH "REMOTE VILLAGERS VACCINE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

A family stands outside their house at Malana village in Kullu district in the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh, India, September 14, 2021. Despite the hostile terrain, the northern state of Himachal Pradesh became the first in India to administer at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose in all its adults. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi SEARCH "REMOTE VILLAGERS VACCINE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

A boy plays outside a temple at Malana village in Kullu district in the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh, India, September 14, 2021. Despite the hostile terrain, the northern state of Himachal Pradesh became the first in India to administer at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose in all its adults. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi SEARCH "REMOTE VILLAGERS VACCINE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Health workers carry medical kits and a box containing COVISHIELD vaccines, before starting their trek through the mountains to vaccinate people in remote villages, as a part of a vaccination drive, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, near Malana village in Kullu district in the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh, India, September 14, 2021. Despite the hostile terrain, the northern state of Himachal Pradesh became the first in India to administer at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose in all its adults. The steep topography was a challenge overcome by health workers walking for hours or days to reach remote villages. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi SEARCH "REMOTE VILLAGERS VACCINE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Health workers walk through a road, that was blocked after a landslide, as they trek to a remote villages as a part of a vaccination drive, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, near Malana village in Kullu district in the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh, India, September 14, 2021. Blocked by the landslide, they left their vehicle with two blue vaccine boxes slung over their shoulders to manoeuvre over the rubble, climb the wall and then walk to the trailhead leading to the village. Despite the hostile terrain, the northern state of Himachal Pradesh became the first in India to administer at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose in all its adults. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi SEARCH "REMOTE VILLAGERS VACCINE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Medical kits and boxes containing COVISHIELD vaccines, are transported on a ropeway trolley to Malana village, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Kullu district in the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh, India, September 14, 2021. Before beginning the trek to the village, health workers placed vaccine boxes onto a gondola connected to pulleys to carry the medicine across the river gorge that separates Malana from the road. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi SEARCH "REMOTE VILLAGERS VACCINE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Kanta Devi, 26, a health worker, carries a box containing COVISHIELD vaccines, as she walks through a road that was blocked after a landslide, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, near Malana village in Kullu district in the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh, India, September 14, 2021. Blocked by the landslide, they left their vehicle with two blue vaccine boxes slung over their shoulders to manoeuvre over the rubble, climb the wall and then walk to the trailhead leading to the village. Despite the hostile terrain, the northern state of Himachal Pradesh became the first in India to administer at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose in all its adults. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi SEARCH "REMOTE VILLAGERS VACCINE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Houses stand in Malana village in Kullu district in the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh, India, September 14, 2021. Despite the hostile terrain, the northern state of Himachal Pradesh became the first in India to administer at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose in all its adults. The steep topography was a challenge overcome by health workers walking for hours or days to reach remote villages. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi SEARCH "REMOTE VILLAGERS VACCINE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Bimla Thakur, 56, a health worker, treks through mountains to vaccinate people in remote villages as a part of a vaccination drive, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, near Malana village in Kullu district in the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh, India, September 14, 2021. Despite the hostile terrain, the northern state of Himachal Pradesh became the first in India to administer at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose in all its adults. The steep topography was a challenge overcome by health workers walking for hours or days to reach remote villages. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi SEARCH "REMOTE VILLAGERS VACCINE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Phula Devi, 30, a local health worker carries boxes containing COVISHIELD vaccine, at Malana village in Kullu district in the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh, India, September 14, 2021. Despite the hostile terrain, the northern state of Himachal Pradesh became the first in India to administer at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose in all its adults. The steep topography was a challenge overcome by health workers walking for hours or days to reach remote villages. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi SEARCH "REMOTE VILLAGERS VACCINE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Kamla Devi, 58, a health worker, gives a dose of the COVISHIELD vaccine, as a part of a vaccination drive during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at Malana village in Kullu district in the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh, India, September 14, 2021. "People were initially scared to take the vaccine, worried they would fall sick or die" said village head Rajuram. "Then I took it and others also mustered the courage." REUTERS/Adnan Abidi SEARCH "REMOTE VILLAGERS VACCINE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Women sit outside a house at Malana village in Kullu district in the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh, India, September 14, 2021. Despite the hostile terrain, the northern state of Himachal Pradesh became the first in India to administer at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose in all its adults. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi SEARCH "REMOTE VILLAGERS VACCINE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Villagers stand next to a fire outside their house at Malana village in Kullu district in the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh, India, September 14, 2021. Despite the hostile terrain, the northern state of Himachal Pradesh became the first in India to administer at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose in all its adults. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi SEARCH "REMOTE VILLAGERS VACCINE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Villagers wait to receive a dose of the COVISHIELD vaccine, during a vaccination drive against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, near Malana village in Kullu district in the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh, India, September 14, 2021. "People were initially scared to take the vaccine, worried they would fall sick or die" said village head Rajuram. "Then I took it and others also mustered the courage." REUTERS/Adnan Abidi SEARCH "REMOTE VILLAGERS VACCINE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

A girl sits outside a temple at Malana village in Kullu district in the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh, India, September 14, 2021. Despite the hostile terrain, the northern state of Himachal Pradesh became the first in India to administer at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose in all its adults. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi SEARCH "REMOTE VILLAGERS VACCINE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Health workers eat their lunch as they take a break during a trek through the mountains to vaccinate people in a remote villages as a part of a vaccination drive, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, near Malana village in Kullu district in the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh, India, September 14, 2021. Despite the hostile terrain, the northern state of Himachal Pradesh became the first in India to administer at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose in all its adults. The steep topography was a challenge overcome by health workers walking for hours or days to reach remote villages. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi SEARCH "REMOTE VILLAGERS VACCINE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Buddhist monks stand atop of a monastery at Komic village in Lahaul and Spiti district in the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh, India, September 16, 2021. Despite the hostile terrain, the northern state of Himachal Pradesh became the first in India to administer at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose in all its adults. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi SEARCH "REMOTE VILLAGERS VACCINE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

A woman works in the fields at Komic village in Lahaul and Spiti district in the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh, India, September 16, 2021. Despite the hostile terrain, the northern state of Himachal Pradesh became the first in India to administer at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose in all its adults. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi SEARCH "REMOTE VILLAGERS VACCINE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Mountains are pictured from an aerial view of the Komic village in Lahaul and Spiti district in the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh, India September 16, 2021. Despite the hostile terrain, the northern state of Himachal Pradesh became the first in India to administer at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose in all its adults. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi SEARCH "REMOTE VILLAGERS VACCINE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

A women carries a basket as she walks to collect grass at Komic village in Lahaul and Spiti district in the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh, India, September 16, 2021. Despite the hostile terrain, the northern state of Himachal Pradesh became the first in India to administer at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose in all its adults. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi SEARCH "REMOTE VILLAGERS VACCINE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

People sit outside a temple at Malana village in Kullu district in the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh, India, September 14, 2021. "People were initially scared to take the vaccine, worried they would fall sick or die" said village head Rajuram. "Then I took it and others also mustered the courage." REUTERS/Adnan Abidi SEARCH "REMOTE VILLAGERS VACCINE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Health workers trek through mountains to vaccinate people in remote villages, as a part of a vaccination drive, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, near Malana village in Kullu district in the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh, India, September 14, 2021. Despite the hostile terrain, the northern state of Himachal Pradesh became the first in India to administer at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose in all its adults. The steep topography was a challenge overcome by health workers walking for hours or days to reach remote villages. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi SEARCH "REMOTE VILLAGERS VACCINE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES