Everyone working in healthcare needs to adopt digitalization across healthcare. Clinicians and professionals working in pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, hospitals, and insurance will have to plan their forays for digitalization on a fast pace basis, said Union Minister Dr Singh.
As per PM's announcement on Christmas, registrations for vaccinating 15-18-year-old children against COVID-19 start from Saturday on the Co-WIN portal.
Registration process for adolescents' vaccination on Cowin App will begin from January 1, Cowin Platform Chief Dr R.S. Sharma said on Monday.
In his address to the nation, the Prime Minister said the government was following scientific advice in the vaccination drive against COVID-19.
This response will be digitally signed and can be shared instantly with the verifying entity, the ministry said.
So far, Covaxin's supply has roughly contributed only 10 per cent of the total doses administered in the nationwide Covid-19 immunisation programme.
Special arrangements will be put in place to ensure the safety of pregnant women, turning up at the vaccination centres for inoculation. A separate chamber will be provided to them at the designated vaccinated centres, he added.
Private hospitals now must register themselves on CoWIN portal and route their vaccine orders through it, instead of directly buying the doses of the Covid-19 vaccine from manufacturers, the government said in an order on Tuesday.
The Centre on Thursday also refuted the claims through a statement after reports surfaced that CoWIN has been hacked and the database of 15 crore people is up for sale.
The development has come after the Centre announced a revised Covid-19 vaccination policy wherein the service charge for the inoculation levied by the private CVCs are capped with a ceiling of Rs 150 that hospitals can charge per dose and a GST of 5 per cent.
