India News: A bot developed by two students of the Indian Institute of Information Technology in Delhi, sends alerts to users about open slots on the CoWin app, t.
Developed by Rohan Rajpal and Paras Mehan, ‘CoWin Alerts is a Telegram bot — therefore, can only be used with Telegram app — that alerts you whenever there is an open vaccine slot for your dose and age group.
A bot developed by two students of the Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology in Delhi, sends alerts to users about open slots on the CoWin app, thus improving the chances of successfully booking a slot. Launched on May 4, the bot has garnered 60,000 users since.
Developed by Rohan Rajpal and Paras Mehan, ‘CoWin Alerts’ is a Telegram bot – therefore, can only be used with Telegram app that alerts you whenever there is an open vaccine slot for your dose and age group. When the government opened registrations for vaccination of 18-44 age group on the CoWin app, users faced a lot of technical challenges in booking a slot. Since the volume of users was so high, slots were getting filled within seconds of opening up leaving users frustrated. The trick was knowing when a centre would open up slots and book it right then.