India Gets 2 Vaccines Against Covid 19, Who Will Get Vaccinated First And How To Register? Check Details

The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) approved the emergency use of two vaccines, Oxford-AstraZeneca Covishield and Bharat Biotech's Covaxin on Sunday.

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Corona vaccine:  India's drugs regulator has approved Oxford COVID-19 vaccine Covishield, manufactured by the Serum Institute, and indigenously developed Covaxin of Bharat Biotech for restricted emergency use in the country. As India celebrates the vaccine approval questions loom on the minds of the people regarding the vaccine distribution and who will get the vaccine first.

Who will get the vaccine first?

1. Healthcare workers: Public and private According to the statement by Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan, the vaccine will first be given to around one crore healthcare workers working in both government and private hospital. These healthcare workers have further been divided into sub-categories - frontline health and Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) workers, nurses and supervisors, medical officers, paramedical staff, support staff, and students. The data for the same has been collected from the government and private health facilities and is being fed into CoWIN, a digital platform to roll out and scale up the vaccination drive. 2. Frontline workers Around two crore frontline workers associated with the state and central Police department, armed forces, home guard, disaster management and civil defense organisation, prison staff, municipal workers, and revenue officials engaged in COVID-19 containment, surveillance and associated activities are next in line to get the vaccine. Workers associated with state government and ministries of defense, home, housing and urban affairs will also be inoculated in this phase. 3. Population above 50 years of age This group is divided into two sub-categories: Above 60 and 50-60 years of age. The latest electoral roll for Lok Sabha and Legislative Assembly elections will be used to identify the population under this category for the vaccination drive. 4. Rest of the country The remaining population will be inoculated after the people in the priority list are covered. The vaccination here will depend on the disease epidemiology and vaccine availability.

How to register on CoWin?

• Register with your name and number on the CoWIN Website
• Upload government photo identity or do an AADHAAR authentication. The authentication can happen via biometrics, OTP or demographic.
• Once registered, date and time will be allocated for vaccination
• You will get a reminder SMS to reach on the allotted date and time for vaccination
• The respective district administration will be responsible for the session management in the CoWIN system. They will approve the beneficiaries for session and site allocation.

Who will give me the vaccine?

A five-member vaccination team will be entrusted with the process:

1. Vaccination officer 1: For pre-checking the registration
2. Vaccination officer 2: For authentication
3. Vaccination officer 3: In-charge of giving the vaccine. Since it is an intramuscular vaccine, a trained professional will administer the vaccine.
4. Vaccination officer 4 and 5: In-charge of crowd management and 30-minute observation.