The tech companies are looking to address this by alerting users the moment a slot opens up. The government’s CoWin website already deters those that are less tech-savvy from registering for a jab, and experts said the software workarounds, ostensibly aimed at helping users, puts the old and poor at a further disadvantage. And we also provide alerts on it," said Tushar Vashisht, chief executive and co-founder of HealthifyMe. “The appointment availability data would now be cached and may be up to 30 minutes old," the government’s Setu website said. This essentially means that slot-finding applications may not be able to provide real-time alerts on availability, but they could still help users find appointment slots.

Source: Mint May 06, 2021 18:56 UTC