arshyam wrote:sas wrote:Has any one been able to book vaccine slots for 18+ in Chennai ?
Currently no primary health center in Chennai is providing vaccine slots for 18+, only a few pvt hospitals are providing the vaccine slots for 18+.
Whenever I try to book a slot, within half minute of slot opening it gets booked completely.
Don't understand how the slots are filled so quickly.
Aditya_V wrote:
out of 100 slots in Chennai 2 are given to the public and rest are filled offline, I got a confirmation which was overnight cancelled since I am not a influencial person who booked through Cowin. Till there is shortage mafia will make merry.
You can subscribe to alerts via the Telegram groups linked in this Twitter thread. They are using the Cowin APIs to post notifications of new slots opening up. I know a few people who were able to book via this route. Good luck.
https://twitter.com/BertyThomas/status/ ... 0043438081
I have been using the "Telegram" app for getting the slot opening notifications, still no joy. Whenever there is a notification on slot opening, say for example I receive a notification @ 10:00 AM for 100 slots available for May 17th, it gets booked completely by 10:01 AM.
I keep my web browser opened and regularly refresh the cowin page, within 35-40 seconds of receiving the notification all the slots are filled.
By the time I start entering the CAPTCHA and press the "SUBMIT" button all the slots are filled.
Earlier there were reports of automating the booking process through the use of API's, but now they have added the CAPTCHA feature to prevent the automation.
When I booked the vaccination slots for my parents in March, at that time there were was no CAPTCHA feature for registration.
What bothers me the most is, how these pvt hospitals are able to get vaccine supplies, when there is a shortage and why none of the govt primary health care centers are providing the inoculation for 18+.