New Delhi: RS Sharma, Chairman, Empowered Group on Covid vaccination informed that now CoWIN does not schedule second dose vaccination appointment automatically. This comes after the Centre wrote to States and UTs to increase the interval between two doses of Covishield to 4-8 weeks in view of the emerging scientific evidence of increased protection if … Read more
Lucknow: An error in Co-WIN portal paved way for the vaccination of several senior citizens and people with comorbidities (in the age group of 45-59 years) on a weekly off day on Sunday at Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences (RMLIMS). The vaccination drive is not being held on Sundays, but due to an … Read more
NEW DELHI: Teething troubles mainly related to delay in receiving OTPs, selection of hospitals or vaccination sites not being “live” and server issues on Co-Win marked the first day of the second phase of vaccination, reports Sushmi Dey. The delays, which officials said are being set right, happened even as 25 lakh potential recipients were … Read more
Supreme Court judges, both sitting and retired, along with their family members will get COVID-19 vaccine shots from tomorrow. Supreme Court judges will not be allowed to choose between two COVID-19 vaccines available for inoculation, the Health Ministry clarified on Monday. According to the news agency ANI, the process of vaccination will be done entirely … Read more
New Delhi: The excitement for getting vaccinated on Day 1 of the third phase of massive immunization drive turned into a chaos after the CoWIN portal kept shutting down intermittently while processing the inoculation exercise, several hospitals complained while speaking to IANS. It resulted into hours long delay for those who came early for registration … Read more
NEW DELHI: Registration for the new category of 60 plus people and those between 45-60 with comorbidities will open at 9am on Monday using the Co-Win 2.0 portal (www.cowin.gov.in) or through other IT applications. So far, around 1.42 crore doses of the vaccines have been administered among health and frontline workers since the launch of … Read more
States and districts will be required to pre-register COVID-19 Vaccination Centres (CVCs) on the Co-WIN2.0 portal before the registration is opened for people above 60 years and those aged 45 and above with co-morbidities so that the list of CVCs is available to the citizens, the Union Health Ministry said. The registration begins from March … Read more
New Delhi: Amid concerns about software glitches in Co-Win, the government said the software is robust and the issues are related to data in specific states like Maharashtra. “There are no software-related glitches. The platform is robust to handle much more traffic than it is getting right now,” R S Sharma, Chief Executive of National … Read more
New Delhi: A total of 97.72 lakh healthcare workers and 71.64 lakh frontline workers have been registered on Co-WIN application till February 9, Minister of State for Health Ashwini Choubey told the Lok Sabha on Friday. Till 9th February 2021, a total of 65.28 lakh beneficiaries have received 1st dose of COVID-19 vaccine, he said … Read more
NEW DELHI: The glitches in the Co-WIN app reported from Covid vaccination session sites are minor software issues mainly related to the initial rollout of vaccinations and at some places unfamiliarity of personnel using it despite training sessions, said officials overseeing the platform. A reason for delays was non-appearance of persons who were slotted for … Read more