A 65-year-old man, who had died on April 25 after getting his first dose of Covid-19 vaccine, received a message on his mobile phone on May 14 confirming the successful administration of the second dose.

Lalit Mohan Garg’s family members said they noticed in his mobile on May 14 a message that read: “You have been administered the second dose of vaccine successfully.”

Lalit’s son Manoj, a grocer like his father, said: “This message came as another shock to us at a time we were yet to overcome the shock of my father’s death.”

A resident of Subhas Nagar, Manoj said his father had developed complications after taking the first dose of vaccine in the second week of April. “His condition deteriorated on April 24. A doctor said he needed to be put on a ventilator. We searched all over the city for a hospital bed with ventilator but failed. He passed away at home the next day,” he said.

“On May 14, a message came on his phone that he had received the second dose of vaccine at 5.04pm and can download his certificate,” Manoj said.

Sudhir Kumar Garg, chief medical officer of Bareilly, said: “There is some technical problem in the portal through which the vaccine slot is booked. We are trying to correct it.”

The Yogi Adityanath government has claimed in a media release that 18,679,320 people have been vaccinated in Uttar Pradesh till June 2.

“Is this how they increase the number of vaccinated people? Manoj asked.