Centre to begin COVID-19 vaccination for people above 45 today, know how to register

New Delhi: The Centre on Thursday (April 1, 2021) will begin giving COVID-19 vaccine jabs to people above 45 years of age. The announcement on the identical was made on March 23 by Union Minister Prakash Javadekar amid a surge in COVID-19 instances throughout India. Javadekar had urged all of the eligible people to instantly register and get vaccinated.

The first part of the coronavirus vaccination drive in India had kicked off on January 16, 2021, by which the healthcare employees and the frontline employees have been vaccinated. Keeping in view its tempo of giving vaccine jabs, the Centre then prolonged the vaccination to people above 60 years and to people above 45 years of age with comorbidities.

Know how to register for COVID-19 vaccination: 

1. To register, the eligible individual can have to log into the Co-WIN portal utilizing the hyperlink www.cowin.gov.in.

2. Then click on on the ‘Register/Sign In Yourself’ tab to register.

3. An eligible individual may register for COVID-19 vaccination by the Aarogya Setu App.

4. You can register for the Co-WIN portal utilizing any of the next ID proofs:

a. Aadhaar card

b. Driving License

c. PAN card

d. Passport

e. Pension Passbook

f. NPR Smart Card

g. Voter ID Card (EPIC)

Earlier on Wednesday, Rajesh Bhushan, the Union Health Secretary chaired a high-level assembly with all states and UTs to evaluation the standing, tempo and points concerning the COVID-19 vaccination. The assembly additionally focussed on the preparations for the third part of the vaccination. 

As of Wednesday night, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) said that over 6.43 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered throughout India.

The MoHFW stated, “These embrace 82,47,288 HCWs who’ve taken the first dose and 52,38,705 HCWs who’ve taken the 2nd dose, 91,34,627 FLWs (1st dose), 39,23,172 FLWs (2nd dose), 3,00,39,599 1st dose beneficiaries and 86,869 2nd dose beneficiaries greater than 60 years outdated and 76,74,934 (1st dose) and 13,571 (2nd dose) beneficiaries aged 45 and above with particular co-morbidities.

The vaccination will begin a day after India witnessed 53,480 new COVID-19 infections, of which, 84.73% have been recorded from eight states. India’s whole COVID-19 lively rely on Wednesday soared to 5.52 lakh, whereas the demise toll was elevated by 354 to 1,62,468.