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The Centre Thursday issued guidelines for vaccination near home, making it easier for the elderly and the differently-abled to get inoculated against coronavirus close to the places of their residence. In the 'Near to Home Covid Vaccination Centres (NHCVC)' guidelines, the Health Ministry said individuals above 60 with no vaccination or just the first dose, and those below 60
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States and UT must decide on the opening of
on-site registrations/facilitated cohorts registration and appointments for 18-44 years age group based on the local context just as an additional measure to minimize vaccine wastage and for facilitating vaccination of eligible beneficiaries in the age group of 18-44 years, the ministry said in its statement.
The coverage of vaccination was expanded to people in the age group of 18 to 44 years on May 1 with the implementation of the Liberalised Pricing and Accelerated National
The facility of only online appointment mode initially to people in the age group of 18 to 44 years helped to avoid overcrowding at vaccination centres, the statement added.
COVID vaccination: On-site registration for 18-44 age group now enabled on CoWIN
In a move to boost the largest vaccination drive, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has announced its plan to initiate on-site registration/facilitated cohort registration on the CoWIN digital platform for 18-44 years age group.
Bengaluru, First Published May 24, 2021, 3:07 PM IST
The Union Health Ministry has now decided to provide the facility of on-site registration/facilitated cohort registration on CoWIN digital platform for the 18-44 years age group. However, this feature is being enabled only for Government COVID Vaccination Centers (CVCs), at the present moment in time, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said.