Centre: Around 40 lakh sign up on CoWIN till Tuesday morning
NEW DELHI: Close to 4 million people have registered themselves to receive the Covid vaccines shot on the CoWIN portal till Tuesday morning, the Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Tuesday.
“It includes 34 lakh of those who were registered on Monday while the last I checked in the morning, more than 5 lakh people had registered themselves on the portal,” he informed.
However, the minister said that the actual number of registration could be higher. “As you know that from a single number, a person can register as many as four beneficiaries. Even if we reduce it to two, the number of actual registration may have gone beyond 70 lakh,” he guessed. Vardhan revealed the information after interacting with the media after taking his vaccine shot at the Delhi Heart and Lung Institute.
He came along with his wife who also received the shot.
The couple chose the private hospital where they paid Rs 250 each for the doses received. By choosing a private facility over a public, Vardhan sent out a clear message which he reiterated that a person having the capacity to afford the costs of the vaccine, must get inoculated in a private facility.
“I want to appeal to everyone that those who can afford the vaccine, should get it from the private hospital nearest to the home,” he said.
Meanwhile the minister also spoke about the “vaccine maitri” programme of India in which the country has sent and continues to deliver lakhs of vaccine doses to other nations. “We have sent our vaccines to around 40 countries and about three to four dozens of nations will receive them shorty as well,” Vardhan informed.
Vardhan sent out a message that people who can afford the vaccine, must get it in private hospitals