Indian citizens can continue to receive the COVID-19 vaccine as the government has taken several measures to facilitate the process. People who have taken the Covid-19 vaccine can receive their vaccination certificate via WhatsApp, said the Department of Health and Family Services on Sunday. One can only hope that those infected with the virus will eventually be vaccinated, as it is the only option left as a safe precaution.
The Health Ministry said Sunday that those who want to download the vaccination certificate can send a WhatsApp message to a government official at the Corona Helpdesk and in seconds get the certificate number. The health minister’s office announced that anyone wishing to download a certificate can do so by sending a Whatsapp message to the number receiving the message. Get your certificate within seconds, “his office wrote on Twitter.
Steps To Download Covid-19 Vaccine Certificate Using Whatsapp
- Save the MyGov Corona Helpdesk WhatsApp number – +91 9013151515 in your mobile contact list.
- Once saved open WhatsApp in your mobile and look for the saved MyGov number +91 9013151515.
- Type Download Certificate in the chat dialogue box
- Once you send a six-digit OTP will send to your registered mobile number on the CoWin application.
- Write the recieved OTP in the WhatsApp chat box with MyGov.
- You will recieve all the list of registered people on the CoWin site. You will be asked to select the certificate of the person to download.
- Type the number given with the person name
- Once you send it, you will recieve COVID-19 vaccination certificate. You can download the certificate and save on your phone.
In coming days, your vaccination certificate will be more important than your Aadhaar card, so it is important to download and keep it handy. Vaccination certificates will not only help restore normal life, but will also allow citizens to travel across national borders without a negative RT / PCR certificate.
If more than one person is registered, the user can choose which one to download in the WhatsApp chat window. If your registered mobile number has multiple members, Chatbot gives you the ability to download the certificate for each member as shown in the screenshot below.
The number is linked to the Cowin Platform chatbot, which asks for a six-digit OTP (once-ever password), which takes 30 seconds to process. The number 9013151515 is connected to the chatbot of the cowin platform and requests the OTP.
After the six digit OTP ( once-in-a-for-all password) generator which can take up to 30 seconds to generate, the number associated with the Cowin platform is checked and the chatbot checks whether the candidate is the right one. Once the PIN is downloaded, the certificate can be accessed from the Cowins website in Safari.
Obtaining a vaccination certificate is important in turbulent times, when several states insist on vaccination certificates for intergovernmental travel, and many institutions accept people as long as they have proof of vaccination. When travelling, you have to show why such a certificate makes sense.
If you register with a different mobile phone number for the COVID-19 vaccine, ensure that the WhatsApp app is registered with the same number. Add the mobile number 91-9013151515 to your contact list before proceeding. The MyGov Corona Helpdesk does not allow users to download the certificate from other sites booked with the other phone number.
The chatbots, launched in March last year, can be used for free on WhatsApp and users can talk to them in Hindi. Before we go any further, it is important to note that you need to add the back of WhatsApp chatbots to your WhatsApp list.
More than 50,68,10,492 COVID doses were administered in the country during the 585,121,292 sessions, according to preliminary reports on 7 Sunday, of which 55,916,557 doses were administered on that day.
