on-site registration and appointment for 18-44 years age group on its online portal CoWIN. However, this feature is being enabled only for Government COVID Vaccination Centers (CVCs), at the present moment in time, the ministry said in a statement.
The government said, the feature is enabled to use "some doses... left unutilised in case online appointee beneficiaries do not turn up on day of vaccination".
Under this feature, an individual can book an on-site registration online beforehand on the CoWin portal for a jab. The on-site registration of the 18-44 years age group started due to the following reasons stated by the ministry: 1) In case of sessions exclusively organized with online slots, towards the end of the day, some doses may.