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.
Trouble finding CoWin Slots? These Telegram bots can help you
CoWIN app
India opened registrations for its vaccination program for adults between 18 to 44 years of age on 28 April, and in some states, the vaccination for the 18+ population started on 1 May.
Unlike adults above the age of 45 years, walk-in vaccination was not allowed; all the users had to book a slot to get their first dose of vaccine.
Still, many people are struggling to book a slot for the vaccine despite checking the CoWin website and other apps for this purpose.
Telegram bot developed by two students of Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Delhi, Paras Mehan and Rohan Rajpal, can help users find the availability of vaccine slots.
COVID: Delhi tech students develop Telegram bot to notify available slots to get vaccine
Paras Mehan, a third year student of Computer Science Engineering (CSE), who is one of the developers, claimed that the bot has a user-friendly interface and is quite simple to operate.
Share Via Email
| A+A A-
A health worker administers a dose of COVID-19 vaccine to a woman at a drive-through vaccination camp at a mall in Noida, Thursday. (Photo | PTI) By PTI
NEW DELHI: Two engineering students here have developed an application that sends a notification to the user about slots available on the CoWIN portal for coronavirus vaccination.