The Indian government vaccination platform – Cowin – seems to have gathered a lot of global attention.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will discuss Cowin Global Conclave at this time.
At the conference, countries that have expressed interest will be given the opportunity to adopt a platform for their vaccination drive.
So what is Cowin and what technology makes the world interested? What is Cowin? Cowin stands for Covid Vaccine Smart works.
Back in January 2021, this platform was launched by the United States because it launched a drive of vaccination in this country.
The website was created to give users the opportunity to order a vaccine slot, track the overall vaccination drive in the country and download Covid-19 vaccine certificates.
On the backend, it also allows health care providers to manage vaccine stocks and track workflows.
What are the main features of Cowin? As mentioned, the main feature is to give users the opportunity to order a vaccine slot anywhere in this country.
Users must register on the Cowin platform with their telephone number.
After registration, they must enter OTP and then order a vaccination slot.
Cowin also gives users the opportunity to download vaccination certificates.
Users can also add their passport details in a vaccination certificate.
Which country shows interest in Cowin? More than 50 countries, in accordance with the Government of India, have shown interest in the Cowin platform.
These countries include Canada, Mexico, Nigeria, among others.
What technology will India be given to these countries? The Indian government has explained that the code for Cowin will be open source.
The government will not attach intellectual property rights to it.
The government said that the code will be given to countries that are looking for “orderly and transparent vaccination programs”.
The government will not allow the use of commercial platforms or to be reformed in other forms.
Cowin has made more ‘open’ for other platforms or application programming interfaces allowing two applications to work together.
The Indian government opened Cowin API to third parties in April.
API is available on the Setu API website where details related to Metadata, Authentication, API certificates can be found.