Srinagar: A fact-check released by the PIB on Tuesday said “pre-registration for vaccination through online registration and prior booking of appointment is not mandatory to avail of vaccination services.”
Clarifying that registering on the CoWIN app is “one of the many modes of registration”, the PIB release said, “Anyone, aged 18 years or more, can directly go to the nearest vaccination Center where vaccinator performs the on-site registration and provides vaccination in the same visit.This is also popularly known as “walk-ins”.
“The facilitators such as health workers or ASHAs, also mobilize beneficiaries in rural areas and those residing in urban slums, for on-site registration and vaccination directly at the nearest vaccination centers. The facility for assisted registrations through the 1075 Help Line has also been operationalized.”
