Walk-In vaccination for 18+! Now, prior CoWIN registration not mandatory
16 Jun 2021 10:52:51
New Delhi, June 16: Taking a step to ramp up the vaccination drive, the Central Government on Tuesday announced that online registration for COVID vaccination and prior booking for an appointment is no longer mandatory for vaccination services.
With that announcement, anyone aged 18 and above can go directly to the nearest vaccination center where the vaccinator performs the onsite registration and provides vaccination at the same visit.
In a statement, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said, "Pre-registration for vaccination through online registration and prior booking of appointment is not mandatory to avail of vaccination services. It added that anyone, aged 18 years or more, can directly go to the nearest vaccination Center where the vaccinator performs the on-site registration and provides vaccination in the same visit. These are also popularly known as “walk-ins”.
In the statement, Ministry added that the facilitated registration through the Common Service Centers (CSCs) on Co-WIN, is just one of the many modes of registration on Co-WIN.
"The facilitators such as health workers or ASHAs, also mobilize beneficiaries in rural areas and those residing in urban slums, for on-site registration and vaccination directly at the nearest vaccination centers," it said.
This decision will indeed give relief to the several recipients who didn't own smartphones or have access to the Internet who struggled to book COVID vaccination slots.
India has administered 26,17,40,273 COVID vaccine doses since Yesterday.
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