As the country opened registration for the third phase of Covid-19 vaccination amid an unrelenting second wave, the CoWin website crashed within minutes after it started. Soon, netizens, who had been eagerly waiting to get themselves registered for the jab from May 1, vented their ire on social media while some others derived a measure of creative solace by making memes out of it. As vaccination in the third phase has been opened to 18-year-olds and above, many had planned to get early booking slots when the registrations opened. However, as lakhs across the country tried to access the portal at 4pm, the server couldn’t take the load and most were greeted with error messages instead. Ones who got through the first few steps of registration hit a wall when the OTP (one time password), which is crucial to verifying the details that they enter, never arrived. While most said they had anticipated a crash, given the record surge in Covid cases, there were others who said that they didn’t expect the portal to cave in within a few minutes. As more and more hit a wall while trying to register, ‘#crashed’, along with ‘#CoWin Registration’ started to trend on social media. Even though the issue was resolved, many, who did manage to complete all the steps necessary for registration, complained that there was a dearth of available slots to receive the vaccine. While the portal crashed, netizens had a field day cracking jokes and sharing memes. Check out some reactions here: me and bois watching #cowinregistration server crashing at 4pm pic.twitter.com/ZQsDMWpu6f— Kinda Joey (@Sahilarioussss) April 28, 2021 Cowin website rn: #cowinregistration pic.twitter.com/hw2l6Cy8CP— Amey (@ameytrivedi1304) April 28, 2021 CoWin to everyone right now:#crashed pic.twitter.com/NcKeeQyZyr— Akshita Rawat (@minty_choclate) April 28, 2021 #cowinregistration started at 4pm, and crashed by 4:05pm.Le 18+ Peepz:-#VaccineRegistration pic.twitter.com/NuGBuf01Pz— Deepak kawwrasia (parody) (@Rofl_Rockstar) April 28, 2021 Me trying to register on Cowin:#crashed #CoWin #cowinregistration pic.twitter.com/oTzj3ihskE— Damini Gulati (@Damini_Gulati) April 28, 2021 #cowinregistration Everyone to Co Win server rn : pic.twitter.com/jSD3ZiP8zJ— Paras Jain (@__iamparas__) April 28, 2021 #cowinregistration #crashed After trying to register for vaccinationLe people. pic.twitter.com/KU1trZgAqk— Swapnil (@swapnilmishraa) April 28, 2021 #VaccineRegistration Me trying to get #cowinregistration pic.twitter.com/erPzIqlSms— 🆁🅸🆂🅷🅰🅱🅷 ⍟ (@rishabh_memes) April 28, 2021 Me and my bois waiting for OTP from Cowin Portal 🙆🙆#cowinregistration pic.twitter.com/wr7ACwUwMG— M B #MaskUp😷😷 (@Meghanadh_B) April 28, 2021 Waiting for OTP#VaccineRegistration pic.twitter.com/01p9EHWBrt— Rohan (@rohanreplies) April 28, 2021 People while registering for Corona vaccine #crashed #cowinregistration pic.twitter.com/j7iV8Qguxa— D J (@djaywalebabu) April 28, 2021 Me waiting for an OTP to register on #vaccines#crashed pic.twitter.com/Y841t6ZvRc— AAKASH SHARMA (@AakashSharmaHub) April 28, 2021 #crashed #CoWin Public searching OTP pic.twitter.com/hyszzYJwvI— SURYA (@Suryasaharan) April 28, 2021 Registered now. No slots available. This Cowin is like tinder.sure you can sign up.the rest of it is in someone else's hands.— Vir Das (@thevirdas) April 28, 2021 When 18+ trying book a slot for vaccine.#VaccineRegistration #COVID19India @PMOIndia pic.twitter.com/n4Lfi3KihW— GÆnesh GuyTonde ↗️ (@guruji_ganesh) April 28, 2021 People who somehow managed to get registered in CoWin app and waiting for their Slot SelectionBut suddenly "Min age limit for Booking is 45+" pops up:#VaccinationDrive pic.twitter.com/EpimqFxnGQ— MsParacetamol (@PreetiS_1530) April 28, 2021 Meanwhile Cowin portal..#slot #cowinregistration pic.twitter.com/P857OED1JF— Shitty Teenager 🖕 (@shubham7089) April 28, 2021 From May 1, state governments and private hospitals will procure 50 percent of total doses directly from the open market to vaccinate the 18-44 year age group. The availability of slots will depend on the availability of doses. Due to limited doses, several states will have their own priority groups within the 18-44 years age group. This state-specific information will soon get reflected on the Co-win when you can make appointments.
