Register on COWIN website for vaccine, not app: Officials

People urged to visit cowin.gov.in for booking vacant slots as app is meant for administrators

Hyderabad: The State health authorities and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHW) have urged individuals, who are looking to register for Covid vaccination, to visit the website (cowin.gov.in) for booking vacant slots and avoid downloading the COWIN application from Google Play Store, which is only meant for administrators.

On the first day of the Covid vaccination drive for priority groups in Hyderabad, authorities reported that individuals were facing difficulty while self-registering, as the software had glitches. Later, it turned-out that many were downloading the COWIN application from Google play Store, which made it difficult for them to register.

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“Registration and booking for appointment for Covid vaccination is to be done through Cowin portal ‘cowin.gov.in’. There is no COWIN mobile application for beneficiary registration. The mobile application on Google Play Store is for administrators only,” the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW) clarified.

Senior health officials on Monday said that the registrations, walk-ins and facilitated cohort registration through mobilisation of beneficiaries will be gradually increased. “We need to test the entire system in real-time for a few more days before expanding vaccination centres and adding more sessions. On-site registration to eligible beneficiaries will also be available in due course. However, we need to plan carefully so as to avoid overcrowding of beneficiaries, especially those above 60 years of age,” says Director of Public Health (DPH), Dr G Srinivasa Rao.

Meanwhile, private multispecialty hospitals in Hyderabad that were identified as Covid Vaccination Centres (CVC) have started receiving beneficiaries who had managed to reserve a vacant slot. Close to 400 individuals had registered for inoculation at Apollo Hospitals, Jubilee Hills and Apollo medical College.

Hospital authorities said that over 200 individuals had turned-up and received the Covid vaccine without any severe Adverse Events Following Immunisation (AEFI). At Care Hospitals, Banjara Hills, close to 200 senior citizens received the Covid vaccine. The hospital officials have maintained that no severe AEFIs were reported during 30 minutes of mandatory observation period.

List of comorbidities for eligibility for individuals between 45 and 59 years:

1. Heart failure with hospital admission in past one year
2. Post cardiac transplant/Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD)
3. Significant left ventricular systolic dysfunction
4. Moderate or severe valvular heart disease
5. Congenital heart disease
6. Coronary artery disease and hypertension and diabetes
7. Angina and diabetes/hypertension
8. CT/MRI documented stroke and hypertension and diabetes
9. Pulmonary artery hypertension
10. Diabetes and hypertension
11. Kidney/ liver/ hematopoietic stem cell transplant, recipient/on wait-list
12. End stage kidney disease on haemodialysis/ CAPD
13. Current prolonged use of oral corticosteroids/ immunosuppressant medications
14. Decompensated cirrhosis
15. Severe respiratory disease with hospitalisations in last two years/FEV1
16. Lymphoma/ Leukaemia/ Myeloma
17. Diagnosis of any solid cancer on or after 1st July 2020 or currently on any cancer therapy
18. Sickle cell disease/ bone marrow failure/ aplastic anemia/ thalassemia major
19. Primary immunodeficiency diseases/ HIV infection
20 Persons with disabilities due to intellectual disabilities/ muscular dystrophy/ acid attack with involvement of respiratory system/ persons with disabilities having high support needs/ multiple disabilities including deaf-blindness

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