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2nd phase of Covid vaccination begins with long queues, registration delays, OTP glitches
Second phase of Covid vaccination began Monday and those over 60 years of age, as well as people above the age of 45 with comorbidities can get vaccinated.
At Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, elderly people began queuing from 10 am onwards | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint
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New Delhi: The second phase of the Covid-19 vaccination drive began across the country Monday. In this phase, those over 60 years of age, as well as people above the age of 45 with comorbidities can get vaccinated.
In Delhi, ThePrint’s photojournalists Manisha Mondal and Suraj Singh Bisht visited four different hospitals — Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital and Sanjeevan Hospital.
The vaccination centres were open from 9am to 5pm, and people had to register themselves online to get vaccinated. There was also an option of on the spot registration between 3 pm and 5pm.
However, on the vaccination day, there were several technical glitches with the registration process. Some who had pre-registered could get easily vaccinated while in other cases registration failed and some elderly people had to wait for hours.
At the Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital, a senior citizen waits for vaccine registrations | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrintSenior citizens were happy to receive the Covid vaccine across hospitals | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrintLack of clarity about timings led to a lot of confusion and complaints. While the vaccination process was supposed to start by 9am, the CoWin portal opened only at 12pm | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrintA senior citizen at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital shows multiple OTPs he received while trying to register on the CoWin website | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrintOld people wait in queue for the vaccination at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrintSenior citizens wait for their turn at the Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrintTo date, over 1.43 crore vaccine doses have been administered in India | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrint78-year-old Sushil Khera, in green kurta, was the first one to get vaccinated at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrintA woman receives her vaccine shot at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrintA man waits inside the observation centre after getting his vaccine shot at the Rajiv Gandhi hospital | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrintThe observation area at the Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital. After receiving the vaccine shot, people have to stay in the observation area for 30 minutes | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrint
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