Updated Jan 12, 2021 | 10:44 IST
Co-WIN, based on five modules, is effectively an upgraded version of the government s Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network (eVIN) launched in 2015 and used for India s Universal Immunisation Programme. A health worker uploads her details on the Co-WIN app during the dry run of Covid-19 vaccination at Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences in Lucknow. | Photo Credit: PTI
Key Highlights
eVIN was originally designed to closely monitor vaccine inventories at inoculation centres, reduce spoilage of vaccines as a result of poor cold storage, and maximise availability to children and pregnant women
The app is set to serve as an end-to-end solution for vaccine management and distribution and includes tracking features that allow officials to closely monitor how vaccines are transported from the manufacturer to the recipient
India begins countrywide Covid-19 vaccination rollout from Jan 16
India is set to begin Covid-19 vaccination drive across the country on January 16 in a bid to prevent the people from being infected with the deadly virus.
The government came up with an announcement Saturday evening, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi had chaired a high-level meeting to review the pandemic situation in the country.
Priority will be given to the healthcare workers and the frontline workers, estimated to be around 3 crore in number, the government said, adding that they would be followed by 27 crore people, including ones above 50 years of age and under 50 with co-morbidities.
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