Online appointments for precaution dose began on the CoWin portal. However, there is also the option of an onsite appointment.
Senior citizens aged 60 years or above with comorbidities will be able to get the precaution dose using their current Co-WIN account.
Beneficiaries can register in advance, on-site, or through the Co-WIN Facilitated Cohort Registration procedure.
Eligibility will be based on the date of administration of 2nd dose as recorded in the Co-WIN system.
Verification will be done preferably using Aadhaar.
Apart from Aadhaar, other IDs approved by the MoHFW are: 1. EPIC, 2. Passport, 3. Driving license, 4. PAN Card, 5. Smart Card issued by RGI under NPR, 6. Pension Document with Photograph
Eligibility
- Only healthcare workers, frontline workers, and people over the age of 60 with comorbidities are -eligible to register for the 'precaution' dose.
- Only if you have certain co-morbidities will you be eligible for the 'precaution' shot
- Individuals will be eligible for the third dose after a 9-month wait, or 39 weeks from the date of the second dose.
There would be no mix-and-match of vaccines for the precaution dose. The beneficiaries would be given the same vaccine as their previous two jabs.