This story is from May 25, 2021

Maharashtra: Beed district first to use own technology to ease vaccination process

The Beed health authorities are using technology to inform citizens about availability of doses at centres, a move that is helping ease the chaos during the Covid vaccination process.
Maharashtra: Beed district first to use own technology to ease vaccination process
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Aurangabad: The Beed health authorities are using technology to inform citizens about availability of doses at centres, a move that is helping ease the chaos during the Covid vaccination process.
On Monday, the vaccination sites in the district saw a well-regulated turnout of beneficiaries thanks to the use of online customized information collection forms (ezee.live/Beed-Covid19-Registration).

People fill basic details in the form and get an SMS about the availability of vaccine at a centre. At the centre, they can complete the CoWin registration and other formalities.
Beed district health officer Radhakrishna Pawar told TOI, “Many from the rural areas were finding it difficult to book vaccination slots through the CoWin portal. Besides, the option of direct walk-ins for people above 45 years would result in unwanted crowding. The online tool collects personal details of beneficiaries and issues token numbers before sending out an intimation about vaccine availability.”
As part of the streamlined procedure, the staff at the vaccination sites enter details of beneficiaries in the CoWin portal on the spot and help them get official SMSes about the first or second dose along with the vaccination certificate.
“We are not collecting any sensitive data such as details of Aadhaar, PAN or EPIC cards. Therefore, there is no issue related to data breach. A dedicated team handling CoWin is only looking after the process related to these forms,” Pawar said.

Stating that the Covid vaccination has been creating law and order issues in many rural areas, Beed district collector Ravindra Jagtap said the streamlined system adopted by the health authorities across 76 vaccination sites was proving beneficial.
“We recently witnessed an incident of a policeman being manhandled at the vaccination site. The chaos associated with the vaccination, including trouble faced by many in booking slots, is now being taken care of,” he said.
Beed resident Shreeprasad Deshmukh welcomed the online intervention by health authorities in the vaccination programme. “I had faced lot of trouble in vaccinating my elderly parents. I hope I won’t face the same trouble when my vaccination comes up,” said the 30-year-old private professional.
Beed district has witnessed over 3.42 lakh vaccinations till Monday afternoon, which includes 2,65,077 first doses and 77,018 second doses, official data shows.
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