temporarily suspend the first phase of Covid-19 vaccination drive in the entire state due to technical issues with CoWIN App, the state health department said on Saturday.Vaccinations are expected to begin after 18 January.
The inoculation drive suffered minor setbacks on Day 1 at some places due to glitches in the CoWIN app. In Maharashtra's Thane, the vaccination was halted temporarily when the connection to the CoWIN website was lost.
As a result, messages were not being delivered to the beneficiaries.The state authorities said that there were no connection issues when it was tested on 15 January.In West Bengal, health workers had trouble uploading beneficiary data, as the app had reportedly slowed down.