CoWIN app will be the digital front for the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines. The app, which is yet in its pre-production stage, is being made under the supervision of the government of India. The app will be used to roll out and scale up the mechanism for the COVID-19 vaccine distribution system across the country.
CoWIN or COVID Vaccine Intelligence Network app will serve as a one-stop digital platform to make the phased-out vaccination process streamlined. IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad went a step ahead and announced a challenge wherein he asked developers to augment, scale, and strengthen the CoWIN app.
With the central government preparing to distribute the vaccine to frontline workers, details of the app are now available in public. The app is reportedly in its development stage and will be launched in the future. These details are available on the MeitY (Ministry of Health and Family Welfare) website. The app is said to have various modules including Administrator Modules for bulk registration, beneficiary registration module for self-registration and individual registration, vaccination module for verification of beneficiary details and updates of vaccination status, and beneficiary acknowledgement and status updation module for SMS alert details, issuance of electronic vaccination certificate, and a CoWIN dashboard with all the information including details such as name, age, mobile number, vaccination status, date and time of vaccination, place of vaccination, session site, health facility, and name of vaccinator.
Currently, only a few users are given access to the app. Once it will live on the app stores, all users will be able to download the app for free and register themselves for a vaccine. Users will have to upload their photo ID like Aadhar Card, Driving License, or even a PAN Card to register on the app. The app is compatible with KaiOS users as well and should work on Jio Phones as well.
