People given certificates with out COVID-19 vaccine in Odisha’s Cuttack
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Express News Service
BHUBANESWAR: At least two individuals in Cuttack metropolis have obtained COVID-19 vaccination certificates with out getting even a single dose of the vaccine. Dinesh Bhatia, a resident of CDA sector-VI who had registered his 64-year-old mom Sunita on the CoWIN portal for vaccination, is one. He had booked a slot to get his mom vaccinated at Chandrasekharpur city major well being centre (UPHC) in Bhubaneswar on April 30.
However, he was not capable of take his mom to the vaccination centre on the scheduled date on account of some private work. But, to Bhatia’s utter shock, he obtained a textual content message on his cell phone (registered quantity) from the portal stating his mom was efficiently vaccinated.
“Dear Sunita Bhatia, you have successfully been vaccinated with your first dose of Covaxin on April 30 at 6.42 pm. You may download your vaccination certificate from https://cowin.gov.in,” learn the message.
When Bhatia who’s a businessman clicked the hyperlink, he discovered his mom’s provisional certificates for Covid-19 vaccination for first dose. The certificates, issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, talked about all the main points just like the recipient’s identify, her age, verified ID (PAN card) and beneficiary reference ID.
It additionally contained vaccination particulars like vaccine identify, date of dose April 30 (batch number-37G200010A), subsequent due date between May 28 and June 11, identify of the one that administered the vaccine and the vaccination centre. Bhatia additionally confirmed that his mom’s PAN card quantity talked about within the certificates is right.
“I was surprised to read the message. Despite repeated attempts, I couldn’t contact Chandrasekharpur UPHC due to the weekend shutdown the following day,” stated Bhatia. When contacted, a senior BMC official stated, “There might be a possible technical glitch in the CoWin portal. We will look into the matter.”
In one other case, Praveen Patodia of Cuttack metropolis additionally obtained a message on his cell phone from CoWIN portal stating {that a} 61-year-old girl Sashi Galari obtained the primary dose of Covishield at Pangam PHC in Malkangiri district on April 2. “I downloaded the certificate and checked the recipient’s details in the provisional certificate but I do not know her,” stated Patodia.
