With Covishield and Covaxin obtaining approval from the Drug Control General of India (DCGI) for emergency restricted use, the vaccination campaign is now just a matter of announcement, as both the Serum Institute of India and Bharat Biotech are prepared to supply the doses. required for phase one vaccine.
In this phase, front-line workers will be vaccinated. The cost will be borne by the Center. For the vaccination process, the Center has presented an application called Co-WIN (Covid Vaccine Intelligence Network).
here is everything you need to know
1. The union’s health minister has previously said that people could register themselves for the vaccine through this app. But that would happen at a later stage after front-line workers identified by local authorities are vaccinated.
2. The app has yet to be launched. It is not currently available in the Play Store.
3. The application is in the pre-product stage accessed by health officials who are uploading the data of health workers who will receive vaccines in the first stage. Already more than 75 lakh beneficiaries have been registered during the test.
Four. The Union Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology jointly announced a challenge inviting participants to participate where they will have to strengthen the final application.
5. As of now, people cannot access the app and there is no automatic registration. Only officials have access to it, as the app was also tested during the vaccine trial.
6. Once launched, the application will have four modules: user administrator module, beneficiary registration, vaccination and recognition of beneficiaries and status update.
7. The beneficiary registration module will be for people to use if they want to register. There will be three options under this: self-registration, individual registration, and bulk upload.
8. In self-registration, beneficiaries can register directly through the web as well as the mobile application. A photo ID will be required for registration. And if a person registers, the data will be verified to verify if they are above 50, or below 50 but with comorbidity problems.
9. Surveyors and district administrators can also register multiple beneficiaries.
10. There will be no punctual registration in any phase of priority group vaccination.
Only frontline workers will be vaccinated in the first two phases. Next, people over the age of 50, who are at increased risk of contracting Covid-19, will be vaccinated. People below that age group but with comorbidity problems will be considered after that. The union’s health minister, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, has clarified that the vaccine will be free for frontline workers. It is not yet clear whether the vaccine for people over 50 and people with comorbidities will be free or subsidized.
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