Vaccine slots for 18+ booked in 15 minutes
The Hindu
A few corporate hospitals face issues in releasing slots on CoWin portal
Vaccination for citizens aged between 18 and 44 years in Telangana started on Wednesday, and those who managed to get their first shot against COVID-19 were indeed lucky as the slots vanished in under 15 minutes. The inoculation drive for this age group is permitted only at Private COVID-19 Vaccination Centres (PCVCs). Managements of a few private hospitals were baffled at how fast the slots filled up. “The slots were booked in a few minutes after opening it up on CoWin. We don’t know how that happened,” said the head of a corporate hospital in Hyderabad. Others who are eagerly waiting to get vaccinated were stuck to laptops or phone handsets, hoping to swiftly book a slot upon finding one for the better part of the day.
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