On Friday, the central government blocked a fake website that imitated the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare’s official website.

A fake website imitating the official website of the ministry of health and family Welfare claiming to offer immunizations against Covid-19, has come under the scanner of the ministry and it has been quickly blocked to stop the spread of misinformation with respect to India’s inoculation cycle. On Friday, the health ministry said that a case has been registered against the site ‘http://mohfw.xyz‘ and the site is under examination. “Kindly be cautious. Try not to fall prey to such fake sites,” the ministry said on its official Twitter handle.

The fake website replicated the health ministry’s Covid-19 dashboard and presented a deceitful link requesting clients to click for an appointment for inoculation. The site likewise allegedly stated a cost somewhere in the range of ₹4,000 and ₹6,000 for vaccines.

The ministry on many occasions has explained that apart from Co-WIN and AarogyaSetu application, there could be no other site or Application for immunization registration.

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On January16, the vaccination drive began in India, starting with healthcare employees. Based on the data given by the state governments, all the beneficiaries have been pre-registered with the Co-WIN app. Data has been collected from local authorities and electoral rolls for the next point at which citizens over 50 years of age will be vaccinated. Yet one can also self-register, and scammers are likely to exploit this leniency.

Meanwhile, in only 26 days, India became the world’s fastest country to achieve over 70 lakh vaccinations against Covid-19. So far, as many as75,05,010 vaccines have been given in the country, with 4,87,896 individuals getting the jab on Thursday.