To minimise errors and the subsequent inconvenience caused to the citizens for online appointments for vaccination, the government is introducing a new feature of "four-digit security code" in the CoWIN application from Saturday (May 8). This will also reduce the opportunities for impersonation and wrongful use of flexibilities provided in CoWIN for facilitating vaccination coverage. It is also advised that the security code may be furnished to the verifier or vaccinator before the vaccine dose has been administered. This is important as the digital certificate would be generated after the vaccine dose administration. Citizens must provide the security code to the vaccinator as the digital certificate will be generated only after the vaccination record has been updated with the security code.

Source: dna May 07, 2021 12:22 UTC