Covid: Get your vaccine certificate now in seconds on WhatsApp, says health minister
Beneficiaries will have to type ‘Covid certificate’, send the text to a phone number, and then receive a one time password.
Beneficiaries of the Covid-19 shots will now be able to get their vaccination certificates on messaging platform WhatsApp, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Sunday.
Beneficiaries will have to type “Covid certificate”, send the text to the phone number – 9013151515. They will then receive a one time password, or OTP, using which they can access their certificates, Mandaviya wropte in a tweet.
“Get your certificate in seconds,” he tweeted.
So far, the beneficiaries of Covid-19 vaccines had to register on the CoWin platform to get their certificates.
Revolutionising common man's life using technology!
— Office of Mansukh Mandaviya (@OfficeOf_MM) August 8, 2021
Now get #COVID19 vaccination certificate through MyGov Corona Helpdesk in 3 easy steps.
📱 Save contact number: +91 9013151515
🔤 Type & send 'covid certificate' on WhatsApp
🔢 Enter OTP
Get your certificate in seconds.
Till Sunday evening, more than 50.73 crore doses of the Covid-19 vaccine have been administered in India. Of this, over 11.16 crore beneficiaries have received both doses of the vaccine, according to government data.
On Saturday, pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose Covid-19 vaccine has received emergency-use authorisation in India. The company will collaborate with Hyderabad-based Biological E Limited to launch the vaccine in India and other countries across the world.