Coronavirus | For vaccination, mobile phone ownership is not a condition

The Union Health Ministry has stated that ownership of a mobile phone is not a prerequisite for COVID-19 vaccination and manufacturing of tackle proof for availing vaccination is not necessary.

In a launch issued on Wednesday, the Ministry stated it was additionally not necessary to pre-register on-line on Co-WIN for availing vaccination.

“For easy understanding of users, Co-Win is now available in 12 languages. These include Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Marathi, Gujarati, Odia, Bengali, Assamese, Gurumukhi (Punjabi) and English,” stated the Ministry.

The Ministry stated the Co-WIN platform was an inclusive IT system that supplied a versatile framework with all the mandatory options to facilitate protection within the remotest components of the nation in addition to for many who have been most susceptible.

“While one of the nine identity cards, including Aadhaar, Electors Photo Identity Card (EPIC), ration card with photo and disability ID card, is required for availing of vaccination, special provisions have been made by Central Government for organising vaccination sessions for those who may not have any of the nine specified identity cards or own a mobile phone,” famous the discharge.

Taking full advantage of such provisions, greater than 2 lakh such beneficiaries have been vaccinated, to this point.

Near-to-home vaccination centre providers for the aged and individuals with incapacity have been additionally being supplied. On May 27, the Union authorities had issued an advisory for near-to-home vaccination centre providers for the aged and people with incapacity.

For those that could not have entry to Internet or a good phone and even to a mobile phone, freed from value on-site registration (popularly referred to as walk-in) and vaccination was accessible in any respect authorities vaccination centres.

Eighty proportion of all doses have to this point been administered within the on-site vaccination mode. In on-site vaccination, all the information recording for registration, vaccination and technology of certificates was performed by the vaccinator and the beneficiary himself/herself is solely required to offer the fundamental minimal crucial data.

“Furthermore, COVID-19 vaccination coverage is found to be better in tribal districts than the national averages. Data also shows that more than 70% of vaccination centres are located in rural areas, including more than 26,000 at the Primary Health Centres and 26,000 at the sub-health centres,” the Ministry acknowledged.