New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared his thoughts at the CoWIN Global Conclave today as India offers CoWIN as a digital platform to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
While addressing, PM Modi said vaccination is the best hope for humanity to emerge successfully from COVID.
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Indian civilization considers the whole world as one family. This pandemic has made many people realize the fundamental truth of this philosophy.That’s why, our technology platform for Covid vaccination – the platform we call CoWin- is being prepared to be made open source: PM
Vaccination is the best hope for humanity to emerge successfully from the pandemic. And right from the beginning, we in India decided to adopt a completely digital approach while planning our vaccination strategy: PM
Technology is integral to our fight against COVID-19. Luckily, software is one area in which there are no resource constraints. That’s why we made our Covid tracing and tracking App open source as soon as it was technically feasible: PM
Right from the beginning of the pandemic, India has been committed to sharing all our experiences, expertise and resources with the global community in this battle. Despite all our constraints, we have tried to share as much as possible with the world: PM
I convey my sincere condolences for all the lives lost to the pandemic, in all the countries. There is no parallel to such a pandemic in a hundred years. Experience shows that no nation, however powerful that nation is, can solve a challenge like this in isolation: PM
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“The Conclave aims to share India’s experience with regards to Universal Vaccination to fight Covid-19 through Co-WIN platform,” as per the NHA website.
CoWIN was seen as developed in India as the central IT system for strategizing, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating Covid-19 vaccination across the country.
Recently, many countries have shown interest in using the ‘tech backbone of India’s Vaccination Drive’, the NHA website said, adding that India is excited to join hands with the world to win over Covid-19 together with Co-WIN.
