E vouchers for Covid vaccination in private soon; Edit feature for vaccination certificate introduced

June 09, 2021
E vouchers for Covid vaccination in private soon; Edit feature for vaccination certificate introduced

New Delhi: Niti Aayog (health) member VK Paul on Tuesday said the Government is coming up with a provision of non-transferable electronic vouchers, where one can buy the covid vaccine slot at a private hospital for another person.

“Promoting the spirit of Lok Kalyan, people can financially support vaccination of economically weaker sections at private vaccination centres through the use of non-transferable electronic vouchers which can be redeemed at private vaccination centres,” he said.

In another development Co-Win has introduced a feature to edit the vaccine certificate for once only. maximum two details out of the name, year of birth and gender can be edited.

“New citizen friendly feature on #CoWIN. Now correct the errors in vaccination certificate yourself,” tweeted Vikas Sheel, additional secretary, Union ministry of health and family welfare.

Twitter handle of Aarogya Setu app said, “Now you can make corrections to your name, year of birth and gender on your Cowin vaccination certificates if inadvertent errors have come in. Go to http://cowin.gov.in and Raise an Issue.”

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