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As India gears up to vaccinate people above 60 years of age and those over 45 years with comorbidities against COVID-19 from March 1, the Union Health Ministry on Friday said the facility of on-site registrations will be available so that eligible beneficiaries can walk into identified vaccination centres, get themselves registered and get inoculated.
The beneficiaries will be able to self-register in advance by downloading the Co-WIN 2.0 portal and through other IT applications such as Arogya Setu etc which will list the government and private hospitals serving as COVID-19 vaccination centres (CVCs) with the date and time of the available schedules.
The beneficiary would be able to choose the CVC of his/her choice and book an appointment for immunization, the ministry said.
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On The Urban Debate with Tanvi Shukla, today we the details of phase 2 of vaccination that came out, Union Health Secretary and Chairman, Empowered Group on Vaccine Administration (Co-WIN) chaired a meeting on COVID Vaccination of age-appropriate groups with States and UTs to explain the basic features of Co-WIN 2.0.
Amid the surge that has been reported in the number of COVID cases, the Union Health Secretary held a key meeting with the states, in regards to phase 2 of the vaccination drive. States have also explained the features of Co-Win 2.0, along with the process of advance self-registration, and on-site registration was also explained. The second phase of the vaccination drive will begin from March 1 and prior to the drive, the states and UTs have to be complete
Read more about Senior citizens, those with co-morbidities above 45yrs can now register on-site & get COVID vaccine on Business Standard. The beneficiary would be able to choose the CVC of his/her choice and book an appointment for immunization, the ministry said.