All 18+ can register from April 28 for vaccine jabs

Migrants still rush to leave Delhi despite govt promises

New Delhi, April 22: Registration for vaccination against Covid-19 for all those aged above 18 will begin on the CoWIN platform and Aarogya Setu app from April 28, officials said on Thursday.

The inoculation process and documents to be submitted to get the jab remains the same as before.

The central government had announced that the vaccination for those above 18 years will begin across the country from May 1 as part of the third phase of the inoculation drive. “It is clarified that #CoWin portal will be made ready for 18+ beneficiaries by 24th April. Registrations for 18+ citizens to book appointments (from 1st May) will begin on 28th April,” the Union health ministry tweeted.

From May 1, the present system of private Covid-19 vaccination centres receiving doses from the government and charging up to `250 per dose will cease to exist and private hospitals will procure directly from vaccine manufacturers. — PTI

Despite repeated assurances by the Delhi government, hundreds of migrant workers thronged bus terminals and railway stations in an effort to find transport back to their villages and hometowns on Thursday. The labourers said their employers had told them factories will be shut down. “I worked at an iron factory, but there is no work. No work means no money, so we are heading home,” said one worker.

Though the Anand Vihar bus terminal was lined with state transport buses, most of the seats were full as people had booked tickets online. In private AC buses, passengers said conductors were charging as much as ` 1,500-`2,000 for a seat.