The Union Health Ministry has requested the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) to look into this issue and submit a report. In addition, an internal exercise has been initiated to review the existing security measures of CoWIN.
India has also covered over 4.12 Cr 1st dose vaccines administered for age group 12-14 years.
According to Rane, people have taken the first dose and second dose, however they hesitate to take the booster dose.
The National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (NTAGI), government’s advisory panel, has endorsed the reduction in view of the evolving scientific evidence and global practices, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said.
He also said that the precaution dose will be the of the same vaccine that was administered as the first and second jabs.
The WHO's aim is to vaccinate at least 40 percent of the population of every country by the end of this year and 70 percent by the middle of next year.
“People will be given the coupons, which will be signed by the health officer around 48 hours earlier for the concerned vaccination camp. The coupons will be given based on the valid identity proof of citizens. Two hundred people will be vaccinated on a first-come-first-serve basis,"
This will be the highest inoculations in a single day since the start of the mass immunisation campaign in January this year
Though the weekly positivity rate has seen an increase in the past fortnight, it is still at 2.62 %.
The decision on healthy children was based on concerns over an extremely rare side effect of the Pfizer vaccine which causes heart inflammation.
