The infamous technical glitches on the CoWIN app again played spoilsport for a while on Wednesday when vaccinations for children between 12 and 14 years of age for COVID-19 began. After waiting for two long hours in the heatwave, some of these children received the vaccine at 2 pm. The vaccination was scheduled to start at 12 noon in 12 centres but the technical glitches halted it.

A total of 124 kids aged 12-14 were vaccinated on Wednesday. Aware of the technical issues, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) had opted for a slow start with only 12 vaccination centres the first day. Still, the response was very low. Very few children came to the KEM and BYL Nair hospitals. There are around 3.5 lakh to 5.5 lakh children in the age group.