Persons aged 18 and above can start registering for Covid-19 vaccine

Dimapur, April 27 (EMN): In view of the Covid-19 vaccination drive for persons aged between 18 and 44 years set to begin on May 1, the department of Health and Family Welfare, government of Nagaland, has notified that eligible persons can start registering for the jabs.

The update stated that eligible persons can register through selfregistration.cowin.gov.in and Aarogya Setu App but booking for appointment can be done only after the department “announces availability of vaccines and sessions are made available on CoWIN portal”.

While informing that the state received 1 lakh doses of Covishield from GMSD Kolkata on Monday, it said ‘the allocation of vaccine to state/ UT will be based on three criteria: performance (seven-day rolling average of consumption); number of active Covid cases; and vaccine wastage, as per CO-WIN data (including data base of Covid-19 vaccines’.

“The vaccine doses to be made available to the states/UTs, will be communicated in advance to state/UTs for the next fortnightly,” it added.

The update went on to inform that the state is in contact with GOI and vaccine manufacturers to ensure maximum beneficiaries are vaccinated as early as possible.