Bant: A couple of Bant area in Bhadrak district who have not yet received their second doses experienced the shock of their lives when they saw their vaccination certificates uploaded in CoWIN website.
According to Bharat Pani (64) and his wife Ramamani (62), they had had their first doses of Covid-19 vaccine at Bant primary health centre (PHC) March 13. Then, there was no online booking for vaccine and second dose was being administered after 42 days of the first dose. So the couple had visited the PHC for second doses April 26.
The staff had advised them to come after online booking. Their slots for second doses were booked for April 27. They had again visited Bant PHC April 27 to get jabs but had to return home without being vaccinated as the PHC had run out of stock.
In order to know their status, they had visited CoWIN website May 18 only to know that they have already taken their second doses of vaccine at Agarapada CHC. Moreover, they were surprised to see their certificates in the website, declaring that they have received their second doses.
“If we have been marked as recipients of second doses, how we can now get our second doses,” the worried couple expressed.
In this regard Agarpada CHC officer in-charge Dr Bilasini Behera was contacted. She ascribed the situation to any technical problems and said, “If they visit to the vaccination centre after 84 days of receiving their first doses, steps will be taken for their vaccination.”
PNN
