After receiving two doses of the Covid-19 vaccine in India, the government issued a vaccine certificate, which is the official document for which you have been vaccinated. When you get the first photo, you will get a temporary vaccine certificate and once you get a second dose, you will get a final vaccine certificate. These certificates have a unique 13 beneficiary reference ID, through which you can access all vaccine details such as the date of dose, the name of the vaccine, the name of the health officer who vaccinated you, and the vaccination site. However, if your vaccine certificate shows errors in your name, year of birth, gender, or photo ID number, you can now edit the certificate and download the new one.
Earlier, the error in the certificate could not be corrected, but now the center has posted much-needed features on the Cowin website that allow you to edit the vaccine certificate. However, you can only edit it once, and when you make the changes, your old certificate will be deleted and will receive the revised final vaccine certificate. So make sure to enter the correct details this time, as you will not be able to correct these errors again.
Now, let’s see how to edit a vaccine certificate on the Cowin website.
How to change the vaccine certificate
1. Open cowin.gov.in and tap Register/Login yourself On top.
2. Now enter the mobile number you used to register for vaccination and click Get OTP.
3. Enter the OTP you received and click Verify and continue. Then, click Ask a question Options at the top > Select Member > Select Certificate correction.
4. Under Self Correction, select the details you want to edit on the vaccine certificate. However, it should be noted that you can only edit two things from your name, date of birth, gender and Aadhaar card number/PAN card/passport number.
5. Enter the correct information > Click continue >Click submit.
