Reza Mahmud :
People are suffering seriously while trying to make a registration through online or mobile apps for getting a Covid-19 preventive vaccine.
Most of the vaccine seekers alleged that the online and mobile apps found huge busy hours after hours, so they past hardship for getting a chance to be registered.
“I failed to get registered through my mobile apps similarly by online, because of the system found huge busy all of the time,” said Sabrina Hossain, a school teacher from Jurain area in the capital.
Sabrina said that she tried repeatedly in morning, noon, after noon even night before taking bed at 11:00pm but the systems found busy.
But, Mustafiz, a job holder, has successfully completed the registration at late night.
He said, “I have got registered at night 1:15am after failing several time in pick hours.”
He said late night is the better option, because most of the people use to sleep that time and the online may be finding free.
Sources said, the registration started through www.surokkha.gov.bd website on January 26 for the registration.
Besides, the realtime apps for registering through mobile phone also are using for the same tasks.
After pausing two months, for supply shortages of vaccines, the registrations started again from July 8.
Data produced by the Directorate General of Health Services showed that a total 95,84,559 people have registered so far for getting a jab.
Sources said, the people had not showed so much interest to be registered in the first days of the starting of the registrations.
But after the surge of the infections in recent weeks with delta variant transmissions, numbers of jab seekers have started trying to be registered.
As a result the website and the mobile apps failed to provide services to the outnumbered people at a time.
Experts said, the online got busy due to number of people try to open it at a time.
They said, most of the people are passing leisure times due to the ongoing lockdown, so they have enough time to try for the registration.
Besides, the health authority has reduced age limit to 35 from 40 years.
As a result, numbers of vaccine seekers have increased so pressure on registration system also elevated.
When contacted, Professor Dr. M. Muzaherul Huq, former Advisor of the World Health Organisation told The New Nation on Tuesday, “Apps are okay, but most of our village people particularly aged and old, the most vulnerable people are quite illiterate in this technology.”
He said, the Union parishod offices are computerised with internet facilities. They should be given the responsibility in each union to help register the senior citizens free ward by ward while it will be the responsibility of the member of the ward to ensure that no one is missed.
No need of any new apps, he added.
Professor Dr. Sayedur Rahman Khasru, President of the Bangladesh Pharmacology Society and Chairman of the Pharmacology department of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University said, “Apps and online registration for getting a vaccine should be made more flexible. It can be registered in shops for those who are unable to use digital systems.”
