From downloading to self-assessment, check out all the details about the vaccination “CoWin App”:
As Drug Control General of India (DCGI) granting approval to both Oxford COVID-19 vaccine ‘Covishield’ an indigenously developed ‘Covaxin’ of Bharat Biotech, India is now waiting for the announcementon vaccination drive as the manufacturers of both the vaccines are set to supply the doses required for phase one vaccination.
In order to make the COVID-19 vaccine available to the general public, the Centre has announced to launch a new mobile app called, ‘CoWIN App’ which allows the public to self-register for the Coronavirus vaccine.
What is CoWin?
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) along with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) in December 2020 announced the launch of “CoWIN”, a Grand Challenge for strengthening the COVID Vaccine Intelligence Network (CoWIN) system.
Basically, it is an updated version of the eVIN (Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network), a digitalized platform to be used to effectively roll out and scale up the mechanism for COVID Vaccine Distribution System, nationally.
As explained, the specially designed CoWIN app comes with five modules, namely – The administrator module, Registration module, Vaccination module, Beneficiary Acknowledgement module, and Report module.
Right now the application is in the pre-production phase, which means people cannot access it. Once launched it will be available to download for free via Google Pay Store and Apple App Store.
How to register on CoWIN App?
- To register on CoWIN, the user would need to download the CoWIN app from the Google Play store or the Apple app store.
- After downloading the application, you would upload your photo identity documents for the self-registration process.
- Upload government photo identity or do an AADHAAR authentication. The authentication can happen via biometrics, OTP or demographic.
- Once registered, the date and time will be allocated for vaccination.
- In case you are not available on the booked date, you can reschedule it.
In the first two phases of the vaccination drive, only frontline workers will be vaccinated. In the next, people above 50 years of age, who are at a greater risk of contracting Covid-19, will be vaccinated. People below that age group but with co-morbidity issues will be considered in the third phase.
