guwahati over 2000 healthcare workers in assam were vaccinated on monday which was below the daily targeted figure of 6500 after a major technical glitch in the cowin server forced the state to stall vaccination in 24 session sites in 12 districtsafter the server snag the department was left with a target of 4074 recipients in the functioning 41 session sites of total 65adverse event following immunization aefi was reported on one person after covishield vaccination but the health department said it was a minor case and did not require hospitalizationthe vaccination coverage on the second day was just above 49 which is five per cent below the coverage on day 1 on saturday officials said the vaccination sessions could not be created in the cowin portal during mondays vaccination drive in as many as 12 districts of the state as a result of which no vaccination took place in baksa biswanath cachar charaideo chirang dhemaji goalpara karimganj sonitpur south salmara mankachar tinsukia and udalguri districtsonly with the creation of the sessions in the cowin portal which usually starts from the evening of the previous day the beneficiaries receive the confirmation messages in their phones asking them to attend vaccinationout of 4074 targeted beneficiaries 2014 could be vaccinated on monday director of health services family welfare assam munindra nath ngatey told toi among the 2014 recipients covishield was administered in 39 session sites where 1920 health workers got vaccinated on monday on the other hand covaxin was injected on 94 beneficiaries without any side effectseven as only about 49 of the targeted population could get inoculated on monday the health department felt that there is no hurry to get vaccination done the vaccination percentage in assam was 54 on saturdaywhile technical issues encountered in the cowin server was problematic hesitancy on the part of health workers has also been a cause of concern the national health mission nhm in assam however said there is no competition to get maximum people vaccinatedin assam we have got over 5000 people vaccinated in two days we must remember that till three days not even a single person was vaccinated said nhm assam director lakshmanan s he admitted that sending early intimation to the beneficiaries can help in increasing the turnout at vaccination sitesthe vaccination drive in assam will take place four days a week monday tuesday thursday and friday wednesdays have been reserved for other ongoing vaccination driveshowever health sources said they are encountering problems in the cowin server on monday evening also the names of many listed beneficiaries could not be uploaded in the portal so that messages can be sent to them for tuesdays drive undp and nic experts are putting in all efforts to upload the list of beneficiaries and it will continue till tomorrow morning if they fail to upload all names by then vaccination again may not take place in some session sites said a senior official of the health department