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Business News/ News / India/  Co-WIN registration for Covid vaccine not mandatory
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Co-WIN registration for Covid vaccine not mandatory

Out of the the total 24.84 crore vaccine doses recorded on Co-WIN as on 13th June, 19.84 cr doses or nearly 80% of all vaccine doses had been administered through walk-in

Covid vaccination Centre in Hyderabad (AFP)Premium
Covid vaccination Centre in Hyderabad (AFP)

The Union Health Ministry on Tuesday said that prior booking and pre online registration were not mandatory for Covid vaccination. As per the government, anyone aged 18 years or more can directly go to the nearest vaccination center, where vaccinator performs the on-site registration and provides vaccination in the same visit, for Covid vaccine.

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This is also popularly known as 'walk-ins'. It has been In a statement issued on Tuesday, the health ministry said: "The facilitated registration through the Common Service Centers (CSCs) on Co-WIN, is just one of the many modes of registration on Co-WIN."

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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. The ministry also said that the facility for assisted registrations through the 1075 Help Line has also been operationalized.

"That, all the above modes, specifically operationalised for rural areas, are functional and enabling equitable access to vaccination in rural areas, is evident from the fact that, as on 13.06.2021, out of the 28.36 crore beneficiaries registered on Co-WIN, 16.45 crore (58%) beneficiaries have been registered in the on-site mode," the ministry said.

It further said that out of the the total 24.84 crore vaccine doses recorded on Co-WIN as on 13th June, 19.84 crore doses or nearly 80 per cent of all vaccine doses had been administered through walk-in vaccination.

The ministry said that from May 1 till 12 June, out of the total 1,03,585 Covid Vaccination Centers (CVCs) providing vaccination services, 26,114 are operated at the Sub-Health Centers, 26,287 at the Primary Health Centers and 9,441 at the Community Health Centers, amounting to 59.7 per cent of the total vaccination centers.

All of these CVCs at the Sub-Health Centers, the Primary Health Centers and the Community Health Centers are in rural areas where people can directly walk-in for on-site registration and vaccination, it said.

According to the ministry, out of the total 69,995 vaccination centers so far classified by states on Co-WIN as rural or urban, 49,883 vaccination centers, i.e. 71 per cent, are located in rural areas.

The Centre said that as per the data available on Co-WIN till 3rd June, the vaccination per million population in tribal districts was higher than the National average. It said that 128 out of 176 tribal districts were performing better than all India vaccination coverage.

"More walk-in vaccinations are happening in Tribal Districts as compared to National average. Gender ratio for people vaccinated is also better in the tribal districts," the government said.

These statistics, the Centre said, bust the myth or misconception about the rural-urban divide "as the Co-WIN system offers a completely flexible and inclusive framework for facilitating vaccination recording in rural areas, and especially in the remotest parts of the Country".


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Published: 15 Jun 2021, 04:01 PM IST
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