The registration for the vaccination on the CoWIN 2.0 portal will open at 9 am tomorrow, the government said. This link www.cowin.gov.in will direct you to the portal.
“Government of India is taking all necessary steps to ensure that the nation is prepared to face the challenge and threat posed by the growing contagion of COVID-19. The exemplary groundwork and precaution advisory by the Government has helped in containing the spread of the virus in our country,” the Centre said in the user manual.
Citizens will be able to register and book and appointment for vaccination, anytime and anywhere, using the COWIN 2.0 portal or through other IT applications such as Arogya Setu etc.
Click here to check the latest user manual on COVID-19 vaccination.
Vaccination is chargeable at pvt hospitals
Over 10,000 private hospitals under Ayushman Bharat PMJAY and more than 600 hospitals empanelled under CGHS and other private hospitals empanelled under State Government’s Health Insurance Schemes will function as vaccination centres.
In this round of vaccination drive that will run for six weeks, government hospitals will give COVID-19 vaccine free of cost while beneficiaries will need to pay up to Rs 250 per dose at private facilities.
The Centre has also specified that people above 45 years of age with 20 co-morbid conditions, including heart failure with hospital admission in the past year, will be priority beneficiaries of COVID-19 vaccine in the upcoming phase of the drive.
There will be only one live appointment for a beneficiary at any point of time for each dose and appointments for any date for a COVID vaccination center will be closed at 3 pm on that day for which the slots were opened.
The eligible persons will be able to register at the Co-WIN2.0 portal through their mobile number, through a step by step process. With one mobile number, a person can register as many as four beneficiaries. However, all those registered on one mobile number will have nothing in common except the mobile number.
Self-registration module?
> Register for a vaccination session (with a choice of registering additional 3 members)
> Selection of Vaccination center of convenience
> Schedule vaccination date as per slot availability at a centre
> Reschedule Vaccination date
How will you register yourself?
> Log on to www.cowin.gov.in
> Enter a valid mobile number. Click on the “Get OTP” button.
> OTP is sent to the phone number via SMS
> Enter the OTP and click on the “Verify” button.
> You will be directed to the 'registration of the vaccination' page. On this page, there will be an option to choose one photo ID proof. The ID number has to be inserted in the specific field. The gender, date of birth of the person has to be specified. Aadhar Card/Letter Electoral Photo Identity Card (EPIC), passport, driving license, PAN card, NPR smart card, pension document with a photograph will be accepted as ID.
> The page will ask you if you have any comorbidities, which can be answered by simply clicking on 'yes', 'no'
> Once the details are entered for registration, Click on the “Register” button at the bottom right.
Account details
> Once the registration is completed; the system will show the “Account Details”
> A citizen can further add three more people linked with this mobile number by clicking on “Add More” button at the bottom right side of the page
> There will be a button indicating 'Schedule appointment', clicking on which the system navigates to the "book appointment for vaccination" page.
> Search a vaccination centre of choice by state, district, block and pin code from the dropdowns.
How to search a vaccination centre in your locality
> Date and availability will also be displayed.
> Click on the 'book' button. On successful completion of booking, you will receive a message. That confirmation details will have to be shown at the vaccination centre.
A message will confirm that the appointment has been successful. This message needs to be downloaded and produced at the vaccination centre.
> Once the Appointment is fixed, it can be rescheduled at any later stage but before the vaccination appointment day.
> For this, re-login to “Citizen Registration” module; with your already registered mobile number.
> After the first dose, the booking of the second dose will be done automatically.
The vaccine doses to be administered from tomorrow have been procured by the Centre. State governments will not have to bear any cost. Private facilities can charge a maximum of ₹250 per dose ( ₹150 for vaccination and ₹100 as operational charge). Private hospitals have been asked to remit the cost of vaccine doses allotted to them in a designated account of the National Health Authority (NHA). Payment gateway for the same is being enabled by NHA on their website.
