Naina Mishra Tribune News Service Chandigarh February 26 The next phase of vaccination is due for citizens above 60 years of age and those aged from 45 years to 60 years with co-morbidities. Who are eligible All healthcare workers and frontline workers as specified by the ministry All citizens aged or will attain the age of 60 years or more as of Jan 1 2022 All such citizens who are aged or will attain the age of 45-59 years as of Jan 1 2022 and have any of the specified co-morbidities Vaccination open for HCWs FLWs Dr Amandeep Kaur Kang DHS said there would be provision for on-site registration of eligible beneficiaries. Besides those healthcare workers (HCWs) and frontline workers (FLWs) who are registered on CoWIN but not yet vaccinated may visit a centre for vaccination. The HCWs/FLWs can visit identified centres for on-spot registration. To augment and simplify the process of registration for vaccination the Ministry of Health and Family and Welfare is coming with CoWIN 2.0 wherein citizens will be able to self-register and fix their date and time of appointment. Dr Amandeep Kaur Kang Director Health Services (DHS) Chandigarh said: “For the next two days there will be no vaccination session as the portal will remain shut. We will identify vaccination centres and plan sessions accordingly. We have a capacity to vaccinate around 3000 beneficiaries to date. This capacity will be enhanced when more centres are set up.” Fake co-morbid certification offence says DHS The government has identified a few co-morbid conditions with respect to vaccination. These include cardiac complications diabetes kidney disease HIV cancer etc. “The residents will be able to register through the portal themselves and those between 45 and 60 years of age will have to produce a declaration of co-morbid condition from a certified medical practitioner. The ministry has informed that those involved in producing fake certificates will be liable to action including termination of licence” she added. Vaccination will be provided free of charge at the government health facilities and will be on a payment basis at private health facilities at a rate as may be decided by the Centre from time to time. Dr Kang shared that the private facilities can charge Rs 100 as inoculation fee. However the amount generated from vaccination at the rate given by the ministry will have to be deposited in the government account. The registration and an appointment will be available to citizens through the CoWIN portal or through other IT applications such as Arogya Setu.

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