In order to successfully run the vaccination drive, the Indian government on Tuesday announced that eligible age groups can directly ‘walk-in’ to get their Covid-19 vaccine shot at the dedicated centers.
This however means that now there is no need for pre-registration or prior getting an appointment to avail Covid-19 vaccine dose.
The order has come in lieu of the complaints that surfaced from the remote/rural areas where people were reportedly striving to get vaccinated against the contagious disease.
Providing more clarity on the latest update, the Centre has said that anyone aged above 18 years can directly visit the nearest vaccination center where the vaccinator performs the on-site registration and gives the first dose in the same visit.
This procedure is normally called 'walk in'.
The already used registration mode on the Co-WIN portal through the Common Services Centers (CSCs) is just one way to avail your vaccine dose.
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While for the masses of rural areas and urban slums the health workers or ASHA workers have been given the charge for their on-site registration and vaccination at the nearest dedicated facility.
The facility for assisted registrations through the 1075 Help Line has also been operationalized, it added.
The authorities noted that all the above modes, specifically operationalized for rural areas, are functional and enabling equitable access to vaccination in rural areas.
According to the data available
on Co-WIN as of June 03, 2021, the coverage of vaccination in tribal area Vaccination
per million population in tribal districts is higher than the national average.
Also, 128 out of 176 tribal districts are performing better than all India vaccination
coverage.
There are more walk-in vaccinations in Tribal Districts as compared to the National
average and gender ratio for people vaccinated is also better in the tribal
districts.
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