COVID Vaccine Intelligence Network (Co-WIN) and CoWin-20

The Government of India recently announced that people can self-register for COVID-19 vaccine through the new mobile application called Co-WIN. This was announced along with the recently issued Guidelines for COVID-19 Vaccination. What is Co-WIN? COVID Vaccine Intelligence Network (Co-WIN) is the digital platform for Covid-19 Vaccination Delivery programme, developed by the Indian Government. As ..

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020

Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs

Topics: Co-WIN • cold chain infrastructure • COVID-19 • COVID-19 application • COVID-19 vaccine • eVIN • Universal Immunization Programme

India-Bangladesh sign MoU on COVID-19 Vaccine

On November 5, 2020, the Government of Bangladesh signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Serum Institute of India for priority delivery of 3 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses. This COVISHIELD Vaccines was developed by AstraZeneca and University of Oxford. Highlights According to the agreement, initially 1.5 crore people will be vaccinated as each person requires ..

Month: Current Affairs - November, 2020

Category: International Current Affairs

Topics: Bharat Biotech • COVAX • COVAXIN • COVID-19 vaccine • Covishield • eVIN • GAVI • ICMR • India-Bangladesh • Serum Institute of India

EVIN: India’s Plan to store COVID-19 Vaccines

The Government of India has started to identify private facilities and government facilities to create a hub to store COVID-19 vaccines. India is under the plan of rolling out multiple vaccines for COVID-19. The Government of India is to use the Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network (EVIN) to store the vaccine. Highlights The Government is making ..

Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020

Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs

Topics: cold storage • COVID-19 • COVID-19 vaccine • eVIN • National Health Mission • United Nations Development Programme