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Great disparity in the availability of cross-country health care workers

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When India prepares to face the third wave of Covid-19 which is possible, a total of 1,04.09,651 health workers, including doctors, nurses, and laboratory technicians, registered with the Co-Win portal on December 14, 2021. However, there are big differences in the availability of health workers at All states. Maharashtra has the highest number of health workers (13,17,594), which is around 13 percent of the total health workers available in this country, while Uttar Pradesh has 9 percent of the total health workers. In accordance with the 2011 census, Uttar Pradesh (19,98,12,341) was the most populous country followed by Maharashtra with a population of 11.23.74.333. Bihar, which is the third most populous country (10,40,99,452), has registered 5.29,808 health workers, which is 5 percent of the total health workers, on the portal. West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh with a population of 9.12.76.115 and 8,45,80,877, have 6 percent 5 percent of health workers. Karnataka and Gujarat have fewe