Addressing the CoWIN Global Conclave via video-conferencing on Monday, Prime Minister Modi offered the vaccination tracking platform as a digital “public good” to other countries.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday announced that CoWIN, the online portal that’s used in India to book vaccination slots will be ‘open source’ and made available to “any and all countries” soon.
Addressing the CoWIN Global Conclave via video-conferencing on Monday, Prime Minister Modi offered the vaccination tracking platform as a digital “public good” to other countries.
Indian civilization considers the whole world as one family.
This pandemic has made many people realize the fundamental truth of this philosophy.
That's why, our technology platform for Covid vaccination – the platform we call CoWin- is being prepared to be made open source: PM
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) July 5, 2021
Stressing on the fact that each dose of the COVID-19 vaccine is precious and that governments are “concerned about making sure that each dose is tracked and wastage is minimized”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said an “end-to-end” digital approach in vaccination is essential to address these concerns.
“Vaccination is the best hope for humanity to emerge successfully from the pandemic. And right from the beginning, we in India decided to adopt a completely digital approach while planning our vaccination strategy. In today’s globalized world, if the post-pandemic world has to return to normalcy, such a digital approach is essential. After all, people must be able to prove that they have been vaccinated,” Modi said, The Indian Express reported.
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“People also must have a record of when and where and by whom they have been vaccinated. Given how precious each dose of the vaccines is, Governments are also concerned about making sure that each dose is tracked and wastage is minimized. All of this is not possible without an end-to-end digital approach,” Modi said.
The Prime Minister said the platform “can be customized to any country as per their local requirements”.
“Indian civilization considers the whole world as one family. This pandemic has made many people realize the fundamental truth of this philosophy. That’s why, our technology platform for Covid vaccination — the platform we call CoWin — is being prepared to be made open source. Soon, it will be available to any and all countries. Today’s conclave is the first step to introduce this platform to all of you,” Modi said.
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