Yesterday, most of us were excited to get signed up on CoWin app for the COVID-19 vaccinations that were scheduled to commence on May 1 for people over the age of 18.?
However, this overwhelming response didn¡¯t sit quite well with the CoWin servers, with the app showing errors of every possible kind, and not allowing many to proceed with registration. Many didn¡¯t even get OTPs upon registering.?
However, this overwhelming response didn¡¯t sit quite well with the CoWin servers, with the app showing errors of every possible kind, and not allowing many to proceed with registration.Also Read:?CoWin App Crashes: Above 18 Users Report Server Error In Covid Vaccine Signup
People who did manage to get registered were surprised with another big blow -- they couldn¡¯t schedule a vaccine appointment due to lack of availability of vaccines and most listings were only restricted to people over the age of 45. Leaving all of us pretty disappointed.?
And last night, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at National Health Authority, R.S. Sharma via a tweet shared that over 1.3 crore people registered for the vaccines in one day alone.?
He said, ¡°We close the day with? 1.33 Crore Registrations on Co-Win and delivered 2.78 crore SMSes.¡±
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While this surely is an impressive number, it still didn¡¯t really amount to anything -- people are still unlikely to be vaccinated on the day the government had stipulated and the entire experience was rather disappointing, to say the least. And that¡¯s what many in the comments stated too.?
Some even experienced a hiccup-free registration process, only to come across the not-yet-ready vaccine schedule.?
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Whereas some were trying to break the tension of this situation with some humour.?
Not everyone was against the system though, several lauded the efforts despite the hiccups experienced in the first few hours of opening the registrations.?
What did you think about the CoWin app registration process? Where you able to book a vaccination appointment between the age group of 18 to 44 year? Let us know in the comments below...