New Delhi: The age group between18 to 44 people nearly 1.33 crore applied for Covid -19 vaccinations on Wednesday, when the Government’s special website CoWIN, opened for registrations commence from 4 pm. Those between 18 and 44 can get Covid shots from May 1^st.
According to the Government sources, after initial glitches, the CoWIN site was getting almost 27 lakh hits a minute. Appointments will be based on slots made available by states and private vaccination centres, they said.

The sources also said that more Appointment slots will soon be offered. If slots are not currently available, please check again after sometime. Vaccinations will begin on Saturday for everyone above 18 from May 1 under a more “liberalized and accelerated Phase 3 strategy of Covid – 19 vaccinations”.

The vaccine seekers of the age group between18 to 44 can to go to the website https://www.cowin.gov.in/home and click on the “register/sign-in” option. At 4 pm on Wednesday when the website is opened for registration, it didn’t work for many who got an error message saying: “CoWIN server is facing issues.

Please try later”. However, Aarogya Setu, the Union government’s app for contact tracing and dissemination of medical advisories to contain spread of Covid – 19, tweeted saying, “CoWIN Portal is working. There was a minor glitch at 4 PM that was fixed. 18 plus can register”. India’s daily Covid deaths hit a new record today at 3,293 in 24 hours. New cases rose by over 3.6 lakh, the highest in the world.