45+ to take Covid shot from today

Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, March 31

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Those aged 45 or above can get themselves inoculated against novel coronavirus from tomorrow. Till today, people above 60 years of age and those aged 45 and above with comorbidities were eligible for vaccination, along with healthcare and frontline workers.

The CoWIN platform will be open for registration to beneficiaries above 45 years from April 1. On-site registrations (at vaccination centres) for the new category will also be allowed from the same day, but only after 3 pm.

The beneficiaries will not have to produce any comorbidity certificate, but will have to carry a proof of identity and age.

The new CoWIN feature has removed the feature of auto-scheduling of the second dose of the vaccine on the 29th day (after the first dose). Beneficiaries will now have a choice of the date of the second dose within four to eight weeks from the first shot.

Meanwhile, a 24X7 help desk has been set up at Government Multi-Specialty Hospital in Sector 16 to attend to the queries of the general public with regards to Covid-19.

The help desk could be contacted for queries related to symptoms, need for testing, shifting of suspects and positive patients to hospitals, arranging ambulances, sending rapid response teams to their homes, vaccination and adverse reactions of the vaccine, if any.

3,720 inoculated in Panchkula

Panchkula: As many as 3,720 persons were administered the Covid-19 vaccine on the second day of this week’s mega vaccination drive at 34 sites on Wednesday. Among the beneficiaries, 1,345 were aged 45 to 59 with comorbidities, 1,642 were above 60 years of age, 112 were healthcare workers and 621 frontline workers. On the first day of the mega vaccination drive on Tuesday, the Health Department had vaccinated over 4,000 beneficiaries. Over 64,000 doses of the Covid vaccine have been administered in the district so far. — TNS