Covid-19 Vaccination: CoWin Platform To Open Registrations For Those Above 18 Years From 28 April

In a step towards the expansion of Covid-19 vaccine coverage, the CoWin platform will open for registrations to all citizens above the age of 18 from 28 April.

A meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 19 April decided to allow everyone above the age of 18 to get Covid-19 vaccine from 1 May.

India’s National Covid-19 Vaccination Strategy has been built on a systematic and strategic end-to-end approach, proactively building capacity across R&D, Manufacturing and Administration since April 2020.

Phase-I of the National Covid-19 Vaccination Strategy was launched on 16 January for Health Care Workers and Front Line Workers. As systems and processes stabilised, Phase-II was initiated from 1 March, focusing on all people above 45 years of age, accounting for more than 80 per cent Covid mortality in the country.

In its Phase-III, the National Vaccine Strategy aims at liberalised vaccine pricing and scaling up of vaccine coverage. This would augment vaccine production as well as availability, incentivising vaccine manufacturers to rapidly ramp up their production as well as attract new vaccine manufacturers, domestic and international.