IMPORTANT COVID Vaccination ALERT! Booking 2nd dose of Covishield on CoWIN? Must know this

India is in the third phase of the vaccination drive and lots of states are facing the issue of lack of availability of vaccinations. People who have already received the first dose of vaccination are wondering when to get the second dose. 

Giving a pause to the confusion, the Centre’s self-registration app CoWIN has finally updated the information. The CoWIN digital portal has made the requisite changes making online or on-site appointments for Covishield vaccine possible only if the duration after the first dose for a beneficiary is at least 84 days that is between 12 to 16 weeks, as approved by the Union Health Ministry.

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“CoWIN digital portal has been reconfigured to reflect change in dose interval of Covishield vaccine to 12-16 weeks,” the health ministry said. 

Earlier, people were advised to take the second dose of vaccination between 4-8 weeks after getting the first dose.

As per a report by india.com, for people who have already booked online appointments for the second dose of Covishield it will remain valid that is it will not be cancelled by CoWIN. But the beneficiaries are advised to reschedule their appointments for a later date that is beyond the 84th day from the date of the first dose of vaccination.

However, the government has not made any changes in the gap between two doses of Covaxin as the vaccine has been developed in a different method. The second dose of Covaxin can be taken after four to six weeks from the first dose of the vaccination.