Read more about While spearheading CoWIN, my challenge has been the scale: R S Sharma on Business Standard. We registered 13.7 million in a matter of eight hours-that was the scale, said Sharma
CoWin facilitates registration of users and scheduling of vaccination slots, besides other utilities. While registration is open to all, scheduling is a function of availability and supply of vaccines. For instance, if only 100 passenger trains seating a thousand passengers are running daily, and 10 lakh people log into IRCTC to book, we know where the issue stems from.
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RS Sharma noted that India has undertaken the COVID-19 vaccination drive on a scale of billions of people, making it the most complex factor of all
Update: Subsequent to the interview, the Health Minister has updated that registrations for people over 18 years of age will begin on April 28
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Amid a tremendous surge in COVID-19 infections in the country, the Centre has given a green light for vaccination of citizens above 18 years of age from May 1. Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan has informed that registration for the same will soon begin on the government s Co-WIN website.