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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.

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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: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint
At the Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital, a senior citizen waits for vaccine registrations | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrint
Senior citizens were more than happy to get vaccinated | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint
Senior citizens were happy to receive the Covid vaccine across hospitals | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint
The one problem everyone complaint about was the timing. Most of the people did not know the process will start post 12 | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrint
Lack 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 | ThePrint
A senior citizen shows the OTPs he has received while trying to register on the website | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint
A senior citizen at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital shows multiple OTPs he received while trying to register on the CoWin website | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint
Old people wait in queue for the vaccination. At Gangaram hospital there were seating arrangement for everyone | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint
Old people wait in queue for the vaccination at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint
Senior citizens wait for their turn at Rajiv Gandhi hospital | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrint
Senior citizens wait for their turn at the Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrint
Till now over 1.43 crore vaccine doses have been administered in India | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrint
To date, over 1.43 crore vaccine doses have been administered in India | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrint
Sushil Khera in green kurta was the first one to be vaccinated | Photo; Manisha Mondal | ThePrint
78-year-old Sushil Khera, in green kurta, was the first one to get vaccinated at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint
A woman gets vaccinated at Gangaram centre | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint
A woman receives her vaccine shot at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint
Inside the observation centre, a man waits | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrint
A man waits inside the observation centre after getting his vaccine shot at the Rajiv Gandhi hospital | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrint
After getting vaccinated, senior citizens wait in the observation area | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrint
The 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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