Online registration on CoWIN not mandatory for Covid vaccination: Health Ministry

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New Delhi, Jun 15, 2021: Online registration is not mandatory for Covid-19 vaccination, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday. Any adult can go to the nearest vaccination centre, perform the on-site registration and receive the vaccine during the same visit, it added.

 

The statement, issued by PIB, went on to say that CoWIN platform is just one of the many modes of registration for vaccinations apart from walk-ins. Health workers or ASHAs mobilize beneficiaries in rural areas and urban slums to opt for on-site registration to expand vaccination coverage.

"Out of the 28.36 crore beneficiaries registered on CoWIN, 16.45 crore (58 per cent) beneficiaries have been registered in the on-site mode," said the statement.

It added that out of the total 24.84 crore vaccine doses recorded on Co-WIN to date, 19.84 crore doses (nearly 80 per cent) have been administered through on-site registrations.

India launched the world’s largest vaccination drive against Covid-19 on January 16 of this year. The country has since administered a total of 25.9 crore doses of Covid-19 vaccines, according to the Health Ministry’s dashboard.

In a bid to clear the air over reports suggesting a disparity between urban and rural vaccination numbers, the Health Ministry said that 71 per cent of all 69,995 registered vaccination centres are located in rural areas.

Vaccination coverage better in tribal districts

The central government also said that vaccination coverage (per million population) is higher in tribal districts, compared to the national average.Vaccination coverage in as many as 128 of the total 176 tribal districts is higher than the national average.

Gender ratio among vaccine beneficiaries is also better in tribal districts, the Health Ministry said. It also said that more walk-in vaccinations are being reported from tribal districts than the national average.

Courtesy:India Today