KOLKATA: Hotelier Kaushik Ghosh has approached the police after he received the Co-Win certificate confirming that he had been administered two doses of Covid vaccine when he had not received even one jab. Ghosh claimed he had merely registered himself on the Co-Win platform and booked himself a slot to get vaccinated at a private hospital in south Kolkata when the shocking SMS arrived.
Ghosh says just before he was to leave for the hospital to take the first dose, he got a message stating that he had received both the doses. He contacted the hospital, which initially denied the possibility of this happening. When he provided the evidence, the hospital promised to look into the matter. Ghosh has informed both police and Swasthya Bhawan about the incident.
Around 25 employees of two private IT and pharma analysis firms have also received similar messages even though they were not even present during the vaccination drive at a hospital near Chingrighata. The hospital has since issued a letter of regret. But it is yet to make any alternative arrangements to vaccinate them.
IT experts said the problem could have arisen due to technical glitches on the Co-Win portal or error at the time of data being entered. “They don’t appear to be fraudulent entries. There could be errors during the database recreation and data migration. It’s not clear where the error has occurred,” said a cyber expert who doubles as a cyber lawyer in the city.
Source: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/shot-confirmation-messages-arrive-before-cov-jab/articleshow/84101630.cms
