Dehradun, March 3 -- Senior citizens can directly register for Covid-19 vaccination at any vaccination site across Dehradun district if they fail to register on the CoWIN portal. This was stated by the chief development officer (CDO) of Dehradun, Nitika Khandelwal, after she received several complaints of confusion regarding the portal.

The health department recently started registrations for Covid vaccination for senior citizens and those aged 45 years and above with comorbidities. However, many failed to register in the portal for several hours since Monday. Talking about this, the CDO stated that the Central Government launched the CoWIN portal on Monday but many locals have been complaining that the website is not working properly. "It...