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NOIDA/GHAZIABAD: The final dry run before vaccinations begin later this week threw up areas of concern for administrators that they will have to work hard to solve over the next few days. The problems that cropped were both technical and infrastructural. While in GB Nagar, poor mobile network coverage in some rural areas led to the CoWIN app not functioning properly, in Ghaziabad, there were technical issues with the app itself. Besides, in both districts, the dry run saw many recipients either turn up late or not at all.
In GB Nagar, staffers at the community health centre (CHC) in Bhangel couldn’t operate the CoWIN app due to confusion regarding the network, following which district magistrate Suhas LY directed the chief medical officer (CMO) to address the niggling issues before immunisation day, which is slated for Saturday. In Ghaziabad, however, the app didn’t function at all.