Aarogya Setu will feature blue tick upon vaccination
Welcoming the move, industry veterans wondered whether it could be used by the government as a 'gate pass' in airports, railway stations and other public places where proof of vaccination might be needed
Like Facebook and Twitter, Aarogya Setu will also feature a blue tick beside your name once your vaccination is done.
A blue tick will now appear against the names of people once they take one dose of the vaccine. After both the doses, two blue ticks will be displayed.
The step has been designed to indicate to everyone that the person has undergone vaccination has triggered questions whether it could be used as a ‘gate pass’ at different public places that seek vaccination certificates for admission.
Verification
Officials from the Union Health Ministry also confirmed the development. This app is the one common platform from tracing, administering vaccines and address other issues related to Covid-19. This app was launched in April 2020 at the onset of the first wave.
Since then, all coronavirus related issues have been addressed through this platform. From January 2021, slot booking for vaccination has also been enabled through the app using CoWin platform.
This app is currently maintained by the National Informatics Centre (NIC). All the lab data are imported here from ICMR portal itself.
‘Gate pass’
Welcoming the move, industry veterans wondered whether it could be used by the government as a ‘gate pass’ in airports, railway stations and other public places where proof of vaccination might be needed.
“According to the new rules you don’t need to carry hardcopies of driving license and registration certificate when you drive since everything is digitised. The government has already made the Aarogya Setu app mandatory. Now they should also consider making this blue tick as the gate pass. This will obviate the need of carrying hard copies of vaccination certificate,” said Subhasish Roy, deputy director general, MCC chamber of commerce.
The Process
If you have not installed Aarogya Setu, then first install and fill up the basic form. Then select “Vaccination Registration” and then enter their phone number to for verification through an OTP.
On the registration page, users need to enter all details such as photo ID number, name, gender, and year of birth (same as CoWin platform), then click “Register”.
After registering, users can go ahead and look for a vaccination centre near them by entering the area pin code and clicking search. Then, they can select a date and time to book an appointment.
Once the vaccination process is over, the user should manually filled up the details along with 13 digit vaccination reference ID and the blue tick will appear. After the second dose two ticks will appear once the person goes through the same process.
Certificate generation
Click on the CoWin tab at the top of the app. Enter your 13-digit beneficiary reference ID after clicking on the Vaccination Certificate option.
Click on the download button to get your vaccination certificate. You will get it in PDF format.
Vaccination status
According to the Union Health Ministry, until June 1, the total number of vaccines administered in India stood at 21.6 crore, of which 4.49 crore people received both the doses.