CoWIN now allows rectifying errors in vaccine certificates
THERE WAS NO OPTION TO MAKE CHANGES IN THE CERTIFICATE IN CASE OF AN INADVERTENT ERROR
Beneficiaries can now correct mistakes in their Covid-19 vaccination certificates via the CoWIN digital platform.
A newly added feature on the portal allows beneficiaries to correct their name, year of birth, and gender etc., on vaccination certificates by logging in to http:/ /cowin.gov.in, and raising an issue.
“New citizen friendly feature on #CoWIN. Now correct the errors in vaccination certificate yourself,” tweeted Vikas Sheel, additional secretary, Union ministry of health and family welfare.
The Twitter handle of Aarogya Setu app said late on Tuesday, “Now you can make corrections to your name, year of birth and gender on your Cowin vaccination certificates if inadvertent errors have come in. Go to http:// cowin.gov.in and Raise an Issue.”
Beneficiaries can either get a hard copy from the vaccination centre they got their shot at, or download their QR-based certificate after first dose and on the completion of both the vaccine doses.
However, there was no option to make changes in the certificate in case of an error.
CoWIN platform is the backbone of Covid-19 vaccine delivery management system in the country as the beneficiaries in the general population need to register on it, and also log in for booking an appointment.
The process is digitally controlled at the moment, and each entry gets registered in the system.
Meanwhile, over 236 million (236,198,726) Covid-19 vaccine doses have been administered so far in the nationwide vaccination drive till Tuesday, according to the Union Health Ministry.
The ministry also said than 13.3 million Covid-19 vaccine doses are still available with states and Union territories and over 3 lakh doses are in the pipeline and will be received by them within the next three days. It added that over 250 million Covid-19 vaccine doses have been provided to states and UTs so far free of cost by the central government. As part of the nationwide drive, the Centre has been supporting states and UTs by providing them Covid vaccines free of cost.