Vaccination drive for 18+ begins in Cachar; daily around 500 online registration to be done

May 7: Finally, the Covid-19 vaccination programme for those belonging to the age group of 18 to 44 years of age kick-started in Cachar district from Friday. Suman Choudhury, District Media Expert informed, “On the 1st day (7 May), we opened the online registration slot for only 500 persons. Baring a few, almost all others who did online registration took the 1st dose on Friday.”

“Today, we have noticed that many people crowded the vaccination centres without doing online registration. The vaccine is administered only to those who have booked their slot online, ” added Suman Choudhury. He further informed that everyday, at a particular time, the online registration slot will be opened. At present, we will take the online registration of 500 persons in a day. There is no chance of getting the vaccine if the beneficiaries does not get themselves registered online. There is no offline way of getting the jab.

Mr. Choudhury urged upon all to book their slots online in CoWin App. He said, “Those who are unable to do the online booking at present, please don’t be impatient. As the supply of vaccines will increase, we too are going to increase the number of daily slots from 500 to more. Further, we will also increase the number of centres as and when the supply of vaccine will be more.”

The 5 centres where the vaccination drive is going on are:

1. Chotolal Seth Institute, Shillongpatty, Silchar
2. Adharchand HS School, Ambicapatty, Silchar
3. Deshbhakta Tarun Ram Phukan HS School, Silchar
4. Abhayacharan Bhattacharjee Patshala, Dhakaipatty, Silchar
5. Nazirpatty Model Primary School, Silchar.