Covid: How to register for the COVID-19 vaccine

 

The third phase of vaccination to protect against corona virus in India is starting from May 1. In this, vaccines will also be given to people from 18 years to 44 years.

The process of registration for this is starting from April 28.
To get vaccinated at this stage, people will have to go to the Kovin platform or Arogya Setu app and register for the vaccine, it will not be possible to go to the hospital directly.

In order to increase the availability of the corona vaccine, the government approved two vaccines of Bharat Biotech and Serum Institute of India, and after this, the foreign-made Sputnik vaccine was also approved for emergency use.

With the help of Reddy Labs Sputnik will now be able to be built in India. The Government of India has announced a grant amount of Rs 4,500 crore to CII and Covaxin manufacturing company Bharat Biotech.

While flagging off the third phase, the government has allowed vaccine manufacturers to give up to 50% of vaccine to states and private hospitals.

But you must be thinking how to register for this? So in this way, we are telling you every thing that you need to know for the third stage corona vaccination.

How to register

 First of all go to the website of cowin.gov.in and enter your mobile phone number.

You will get a one time password on your number. Write this number in the OTP box written on the website and click on the icon written in Verify. 

This will verify this.
After this, you will see the page of registration.

Write your information here and also share a photo ID.

If you already have any disease like sugar, blood pressure, asthma and others, write about this in detail.

When this information is complete, click on the icon written in the register.

As soon as this registration is complete, you will see your account details on the computer screen.

From this page you can decide your appointment date.

What will be different in the third phase?

In the first two phases, the government had the option of the Kovin platform, but apart from this, people were given the facility that they could register directly by going to the vaccine center. This time online registration has been made mandatory.

Along with this, the government has also changed some more rules in this third phase. In the first and second phase, a person could register for four people, but now in the phase starting from May 1, a person can only register himself.

However, the first and second stages of vaccination will continue simultaneously with the third phase and people above 45 years of age will be able to go to the hospitals directly after May 1 and register.

Different Vaccine Prices

Vaccine will be given free of cost to all central government hospitals. But people in the state government hospital, private hospital will have to pay it. For example, a state government hospital will have to pay 400 rupees for the Kovyshield vaccine and 600 rupees will have to be given to get this vaccine in a private hospital.

However, till now no information has been revealed on what will be the cost of the India-Biotech vaccine 'Kovaxine'.

As stated by the Central Government under the 'Corona Virus Vaccine Scheme Phase-3', the new prices will be applicable only for the third round only. Those who are above the age of 45 years will have to pay only 250 rupees in private hospitals for this.

Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Sikkim, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala have announced to provide free vaccine to the people in the third phase.