VaccinateMe Website Updated With Booster Dose Booking, WhatsApp Reminders

HealthifyMe lately introduced help for a brand new vaccination reminder characteristic for customers who’re ready to get their COVID-19 vaccine booster shot. The firm’s VaccinateMe platform has been up to date with a brand new characteristic to calculate the estimated eligibility date for customers for booster (or precautionary) doses of the vaccine, based mostly on their age bracket. HealthifyMe’s characteristic will calculate the eligibility date for customers, based mostly on the present insurance policies and tips issued by the Union Health Ministry, in line with the corporate. Users can then choose to be reminded about their due date for the following vaccination dose through WhatsApp.

According to HealthifyMe, these eligible for a precautionary or booster dose of the vaccine (based mostly on their age) can ebook a slot on VaccinateMe, whereas kids aged 15 and above can even ebook their slot. In addition, customers will likely be eligible for limitless entry to dwell on-line train and immunity workshops on HealthifyStudio. The precautionary or booster dose will be booked by visiting the web site, the place customers can choose from Covishield, Covaxin, and Sputnik V, relying on their earlier two doses.

In order to ebook a precautionary or booster dose of the coronavirus vaccine, customers can comply with the next steps from a smartphone browser:

1. Visit the HealthifyMe vaccine reserving platform VaccinateMe in your cellphone.
2. Select your state and select your district.
3. Choose the Precautionary Dose choice and click on Search Slots.
4. Select the vaccine you may have already acquired — Covishield, Covaxin, or Sputnik V.
5. Tap on Search Slots once more.
6. Select a handy date to get vaccinated, then choose a vaccination centre from the record.
7. After noting the value of the vaccine, in addition to the deal with of the vaccination centre, faucet on Book.
8. Enter the cellphone quantity used to register on the CoWIN platform and enter the OTP when prompted.

At the second, solely these above the age of 60 and people with comorbidities are eligible to obtain a precautionary or booster dose of the vaccine, together with frontline employees like docs, nurses and important service workers. Users eligible to obtain the additional dose can even stroll into vaccination centres and obtain their shot if the centre has sufficient doses.

The VaccinateMe service may also be used to vaccinate different kids above the age of 15 and adults (ages 18 and above), as beforehand talked about. Users can choose to obtain reminders in regards to the booster dose earlier than their subsequent shot is due, which will likely be delivered over WhatsApp. The VaccinateMe web site is designed for cellular browsers, however can also be accessible on desktop browsers, in line with the corporate.