CoWIN crashes, hits vaccine registration for above 18

As the registration of all citizens above 18 years of age for vaccination against COVID19 started on the CoWIN portal at 4 pm on Wednesday many people took to social media to complain about the technical problems they faced trying to register themselves for the third phase of the inoculation drive that is scheduled to begin from May 1Cowin Portal is working There was a minor glitch at 4 PM that was fixed 18 plus can register pictwittercomc94fpoURcTmdash Aarogya Setu SetuAarogya April 28 2021Some of them complained that the portal was not responding while others complained that it had crashed At 435 pm a tweet from the verified Twitter handle of the Aarogya Setu mobile application said the CoWIN portal is working and that there was a minor glitch at 4 pm which was fixedCowin portal is working There was a minor glitch at 4 pm that was fixed 18 plus can register it saidVaccination appointments for 18 plus will be possible once the State Governments and Private Vaccination Centers schedule Vaccination sessions Registration is happening on httpstcoS3pUooMbXXmdash Aarogya Setu SetuAarogya April 28 2021At 454 pm a tweet from the same handle stated Vaccination appointments for 18 plus will be possible once the state governments and private vaccination centres schedule vaccination sessions Registration is happening on cowingovin Registration for the newlyeligible category for COVID19 vaccination is possible through the CoWIN platform and the Aarogya Setu appAfter registration taking an appointment to get a COVID19 vaccine jab would be mandatory for those aged between 18 and 44 years as walkins will not be allowed initially officials had saidThose above 45 years of age can still avail the facility of onsite registration to get vaccinated they had said As India witnesses a surge in coronavirus cases it has decided to allow all citizens above 18 years of age to get vaccinated from May 1An increased demand is expected once the vaccination is opened for all For the purpose of crowd control registering on the CoWIN portal and making an appointment to get a vaccine will be mandatory for those aged between 18 and 45 years Walksin will not be allowed in the beginning so that there is no chaos an official had saidThe inoculation process and the documents to be provided to get the jab remain the same Registration of citizens in 1844 age group will start with only online registration on CoWIN from April 28 onwards the health ministry had saidAlso from May 1 the types of anticoronavirus vaccines and their prices will be displayed on the CoWIN portal for the citizens to make an informed choice at the time of booking an appointment at a private vaccination centreWhile those aged 18 to 44 years will be eligible to receive vaccination on payment from any of the private COVID vaccination centres CVCs they shall also be eligible to receive a jab from a government CVC in a state or a Union Territory that decides to lower the minimum cutoff age for eligibilityAs provided in the Liberalised Pricing and Accelerated National COVID19 Vaccination Strategy document all priority groups such as healthcare workers frontline workers and citizens aged 45 years and above shall continue to be eligible for vaccination for free from government CVCs and on payment from private CVCSThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever