What is ‘Co-WIN’ digital platform govt has made for COVID-19 vaccine delivery?

The government has announced a ‘Co-WIN’ digital platform and a free app to monitor the COVID-19 vaccination process and recording vaccine data.

The app will provide self-registration facility for vaccination and also send real-time data of the temperature of the cold-storages to the main server.

There are five modules in Co-WIN app – administrator module, registration module, vaccination module, beneficiary acknowledgement module and report module

An administrator module will let administrators in vaccination process create vaccination sessions. The registration module is for people to get registered for vaccination. It will upload bulk data on co-morbidity provided by local authorities or by surveyors.

The vaccination module will verify beneficiary details and update vaccination status. The beneficiary acknowledgement module will send SMS to beneficiaries and also generate QR-based certificates after one gets vaccinated.

The report module will prepare reports of how many vaccine sessions have been conducted, how many people have attended those, how many people have dropped out