Vaccination Drive For 18+ : After 'Minor Glitches', First Day Witnesses 80 Lakhs Registration On CoWIN App In 3 Hrs

<div class="FirstEle"> <p>After CoWIN portal faced minor glitches when the registration opened at 4 pm on Wednesday, the platform went on to register more than 80 lakh people under third phase of nationwide covid-19 programme for beneficiaries above 18 years of age.</p> <p>The government allowed registration for the new eligible group of population above 18 years on CoWIN portal (cowin.gov.in) or through the Aarogya Setu app. Also Read: <a href="https://ift.tt/3eGF9y2 Reduces Covishield Vaccine Price For States By 25%, Vaccine To Now Cost Rs 300</a></p> <p>The Ministry of Health on the micro-blogging site tweeted, "With more than 80 L registrations &amp; 383 million API hits till 7 pm, #CoWIN Digital Platform continues to work without any Technical Glitch on the 1st Day of Registration of the Expanded Eligible Population Groups."</p> <p>On the micro-blogging site Twitter, the government apprised beneficiaries about the glitch being fixed, when the registration kicked off at 4 PM.</p> <p>[tw]https://twitter.com/SetuAarogya/status/1387362355349131264?s=20[/tw]</p> <p>With the spiralling cases of Covid-19 in the second wave, the government started vaccination drive for all citizens above18 years of age from May 1.</p> <p>[tw]https://twitter.com/SetuAarogya/status/1387366995667030020?s=20[/tw]</p> <p>Once the registration is done, taking an appointment to get a Covid-19 vaccine jab would be mandatory for those aged between18and 44 years as walk-ins will not be allowed initially. However, those above 45 years of age can still avail the facility of on-site registration to get vaccinated.</p> <p>&nbsp;The inoculation process and the documents to be provided to get the vaccination remain the same. On the other hand, the government clarified on the reports of the Co-WIN platform being unresponsive or unable to respond to the surge in registrations saying the platform didn't crash.</p> <p>&ldquo;Reports that the server has crashed are incorrect and are without any basis. The server supporting the Co-Win digital portal continues to work smoothly at its highest efficiency. People are registering on the platform, mostly of age-group 18-44. It witnessed more than 80 lakh people registered themselves on the portal, with 3 hours from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm," the union health ministry said in a statement.</p> <p>The government also noted some of the statistics pertaining to the first three hours (4-7 pm) are as --383 million API hits, initially as high as 2.7 million hits per minute and as many as 1.45 crore SMSs were successfully delivered.</p> <p>&ldquo;These Statistics indicate that far from crashing or performing slowly, the system is performing without any glitches. It is recording 55,000 hits per second and is completely stable. Detailed statistics relating to registration, vaccinations etc., can be seen on dashboard.cowin.gov.in," the union health ministry said in a statement.</p> <p>[tw]https://twitter.com/MoHFW_INDIA/status/1387436877288902658?s=20[/tw]</p> <p>The government went on to mention that the Co-WIN software is a robust, dependable and agile technology. It offers anytime anywhere registration for covid-19 vaccination.</p> <p>The capacity of the servers and other parameters have been ramped up to match the unprecedented scale of immunization so that the COWIN system provide citizen-centric services. Inclusivity, speed and scalability have been kept in mind while designing the unique digital platform with all components being portable, synchronous without excessive and unnecessary dependencies.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div>

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