A landslide blocked the road the day before.
To visit the remote Indian village of Malana, deep in the Himalayas, the Covid-19 vaccination team first has to overcome debris.
The three-hour march through a river valley begins to be difficult for the vaccination workers.
The state of Himachal Pradesh is actually dependent on tourism.
And that's why special efforts were made here to vaccinate all adults in the region at an early stage.
At the beginning of September, the northern state was the first in India where all adults had received at least one corona vaccine dose.
The steep topography poses a challenge for the vaccination workers. They spend hours, sometimes even days, on foot to reach remote villages.
However, there are not only geographical difficulties in immunizing around five million people in the state of Himachal Pradesh.
Many of the residents are very critical of vaccination because of their religious beliefs.
The Indian photographer Adnan Abidi accompanied the doctors on their long hikes and medical persuasion.