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Over 3 Lakh Kids Registered On Day 1 For Vaccine On Co-WIN Portal
As the Co-WIN portal opened for registration, 3,26,591 lakh children aged between 15 to 18 registered themselves for the COVID-19 vaccine administration till January 1, 11:59 pm. The vaccine administration at the center will start from January 3 onwards. However, the Union government also allowed walk-in registration. Notably, the government has said that ''children born in 2007 and earlier shall be eligible to receive the vaccine''.
Tags: CO-WIN, children, vaccine, registration, Covid-19
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Data Breach At Co-WIN System; Centre Claims It As Rumour, Baseless
In response to claims of Co-WIN mobile App's data being leaked as well as hacked, the Union Health and Family Welfare has disapproved the report. "We continue to take appropriate steps as are necessary, from time to time, to ensure that the data of the people are safe with Co-WIN," said Chairman of EGVAC Dr R.S. Sharma. He also affirmed such rumours as baseless.
Tags: CO-WIN, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, ministry of electronics and information technology, R.S. Sharma, hacking, Data Leak
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Government's Co-WIN App Causing Vaccine Wastage: Hospital Admins
Bengaluru hospitals with limited chain have blamed the Co-WIN, government-launched app that regulates COVID-19 vaccination drive, for causing vaccine wastage. They said the app-based inoculation drive is eliminating chances of using the left-over vaccines of a particular vial on general people willing to take it. Reportedly, the city's Ramaiah Memorial Hospital is seeing vaccine wastage of around 6-8%. However, certain hospitals ensure that… read-more
Tags: Covid Vaccine, Vaccination, CO-WIN, Doctors
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Govt Initiates Real-Time Digital Platform To Register For Covid Vaccination
The Health Ministry of India has planned to utilize the latest voter-list of Lok Sabha and assembly election in-order to identify the people for Covid-19 vaccination. Moreover, the ministry’s priority list consists of Healthcare workers, Frontline staffs, people above the age of 50, and people below the age of 50 with comorbidity. The Ministry has initiated 'Co-Win' a real-time monitoring digital platform where people can enrol themselves, … read-more
Tags: lok sabha, India, Covid-19, Vaccination, CO-WIN, Voter List
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