New Delhi:Registration for the third phase of Covid vaccination starting May 1 could not take off on time on Wednesday, as the server of the government's dedicated vaccination website -- CoWIN -- crashed soon after the registration process got underway.
In the third phase of vaccination drive, everyone above the age of 18 will be eligible to get incolculated against Covid-19.
The government had announced that registration for the 18 plus population would begin on http://cowin.gov.in, Aarogya Setu App and UMANG App at 4 pm on April 28 and appointments at state government centers and private centers will depend on how many vaccination centers are ready on May 1 for this category.
However, the sites crashed at 4 p.m. due to heavy load.
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A Twitter user by the name of Atul Mathur tweeted, "As expected, the Arogya Setu and Co-WIN app crashed within minutes of the starting of registration for Covid vaccine for 18+. Nothing, absolutely nothing works without glitches here."
Heavy rush was witnessed for registration as the government has already clarified that there will be no walk-in vaccination for the beneficiaries in the third phase.
"Only self-registration and advance appointments for people between 18 and 45 years of age. No walks in allowed," the government had said.