CoWIN does not collect information about Covid infection history: Health Ministry

CoWIN web site, used to e book vaccination slots in India, does not collect any information about the COVID-19 infection historical past of sufferers, the Union Health Ministry clarified on Monday.

In an announcement, the ministry stated the digital portal has been constructed as a platform to handle vaccination within the nation. “It does not collect any information about COVID-19 infection history of any person. CoWIN enforces only those rules (relating to gaps between two shots) as announced by the government from time to time,” the ministry stated. 

Earlier on Monday, the Supreme Court had highlighted “digital divide” between rural and concrete India, and posed looking out queries to the Centre on obligatory registration on CoWIN for COVID jabs, vaccine procurement coverage and differential pricing. The high courtroom stated that the coverage makers “must have ears on ground” to successfully take care of the “unprecedented” disaster. 

The courtroom requested the Centre to “smell the coffee” and make sure that COVID vaccines can be found on the similar value throughout the nation.

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