COVID Vaccination Third Phase Starts Today: All You Need To Know

New Delhi: With the third and the largest phase of vaccination against COVID-19 to kick off for senior citizens and people 45 years with comorbidities on Monday, people can choose one of the three ways to register for vaccination.

Two candidates

Two vaccine candidates — Covishield and COVAXIN — will be used in the immunisation programme, whose 1,42,42,547 doses have been administered so far, which includes over 70 per cent of the health workers, reported news agency IANS.

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Registration

The three modes for the registration of eligible beneficiaries are online, on-site and facilitated cohort registration.

The first one is advance self-registration through which the beneficiaries can self-register in advance by downloading the CO-Win 2.0 portal and through other IT applications such as Arogya Setu etc.

The registration for eligible people can be done on the platform from Monday, March 1, 9 am onwards. The platform can be accessed through the web or via a mobile application and follow steps.

The application will display the government and private hospitals serving as COVID Vaccination Centres (CVC) with the date and time of the available schedules. The beneficiary would be able to choose the CVC of his/her choice and book an appointment for vaccination.

A person can register as many as four beneficiaries using a single mobile number. However, the beneficiaries would have to separately produce identity proofs.

The second is on-site registration, which allows those who cannot self-register in advance to walk into the identified CVC and get themselves registered there and then vaccinated.

The third is facilitated cohort registration, under which, the State/UT governments will take a proactive lead. Specific date(s) for COVID vaccination will be decided where target groups of potential beneficiaries will be vaccinated.

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Photo identity

The government has listed seven photo identity documents which can be used for online registration: Aadhaar Card/Letter, Electoral Photo Identity Card (EPIC), Passport, Driving License, PAN Card, NPR Smart Card and Pension Document with photograph. Meanwhile, the vaccination is available at 10,000 government medical facilities and over 20,000 private hospitals.

Till 3 pm

According to modalities released by the government, there will be only one live appointment for a beneficiary at any point of time for each dose. Appointments for any date for a COVID Vaccination Center (CVC) will be closed at 3 pm on that day for which the slots were opened.

Comorbidities

The comorbidities include Heart failure with hospital admission in past one year, Post Cardiac Transplant/Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD), Significant left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVEF<40 per cent), Moderate or severe valvular heart disease, Congenital heart disease with severe PAH or Idiopathic PAH, Coronary Artery Disease with past CABG/PTCA/MI AND Hypertension/Diabetes on treatment, Angina AND Hypertension/Diabetes on treatment, CT/MRI documented stroke AND Hypertension/Diabetes on treatment, Pulmonary artery hypertension AND Hypertension/Diabetes on treatment, Diabetes (>10 years OR with complications) AND Hypertension on treatment, Kidney/ Liver/ Hematopoietic stem cell transplant: Recipient/On wait-list, End stage kidney disease on haemodialysis/CAPD, Current prolonged use of oral corticosteroids/immunosuppressant medications, Decompensated cirrhosis, Severe respiratory disease with hospitalisations in last two years/FEV1<50 per cent, Lymphoma/ Leukaemia/ Myeloma, Diagnosis of any solid cancer on or after 1st July 2020 OR currently on any cancer therapy, Sickle Cell Disease/ Bone marrow failure/ Aplastic Anemia/ Thalassemia Major, Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases/ HIV infection, Persons with disabilities due to Intellectual disabilities/ Muscular Dystrophy/ Acid attack with involvement of respiratory system/ Persons with disabilities having high support needs/ Multiple disabilities including deaf-blindness.

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