Online registration or appointment booking not mandatory to get vaccine: Govt
The facilitated registration through the Common Service Centres (CSCs) on Co-WIN, is just one of the many modes of registration on Co-WIN, Centre said
The Union health ministry on Tuesday made it clear that pre-registration for vaccination through online registration and prior booking of appointment is not mandatory to avail Covid-19 vaccination services, it said anyone aged 18 and above can directly go to the nearest vaccination centre where the vaccinator performs the on-site registration and provides vaccination at the same visit.
The clarification came after reports surrfaced that many people in rural areas have been facing problems in getting vaccinated.
The facilitated registration through the Common Service Centres (CSCs) on Co-WIN, is just one of the many modes of registration on Co-WIN, it said.
Facilitators such as health workers or ASHAs, also mobilise beneficiaries in rural areas and those residing in urban slums, for on-site registration and vaccination directly at the nearest vaccination centres. The facility for assisted registrations through the 1075 helpline has also been operationalised, the statement said.
As on June 13, out of the 28.36 crore beneficiaries registered on Co-WIN, 16.45 crore or 58% beneficiaries have been registered in the on-site mode, the ministry said.
Out of the the total 24.84 crore vaccine doses recorded on Co-WIN as on June 13, 19.84 crore doses or nearly 80% of all vaccine doses have been administered through onsite or walk-in vaccination, the ministry said.
From May 1 till June 12, out of the total 1,03,585 Covid Vaccination Centres [CVCs] providing vaccination services, 26,114 are operated at the Sub-Health Centres, 26,287 at the Primary Health Centres and 9,441 at the Community Health Centres, amounting to 59.7% of the total vaccination centres.
PTI contributed to this story.
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