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• Using Student ID card children 15 to 18 can Register For Vaccines From January 1 : RS Sharma

  Children in the 15-18 age group could get their first round of COVID vaccines from January 3. Two vaccines available are Bharat Biotech's double-dose Covaxin or Zydus Cadila's three-dose ZyCoV-D

  

• Centre plans to launch digital delivery of healthcare services, pilot on in 6 UTs

  ​​“We are looking forward to implementing the National Digital Health Mission rigorously. We will be able to bring all stakeholders onto the platform in one to two years’ time, and are currently doing pilots in six Union Territories,” National Health Authority chief executive RS Sharma told ET.

  

• CoWIN to be scaled up to track every vaccine: RS Sharma

  The software (CoWIN) will be appropriately changed to take care of the new policy directive of the government. Certain changes would be brought in the software – like different vaccines being used, which age group would the government’s vaccination drive include.

  

• Private sector to play vital role in Covid-19 vaccination drive, says RS Sharma

  In the CoWIN system, even as the component pertaining to digitally-verifiable certificates will remain with the government, the rest three elements -- registration, vaccination and timetable scheduling, support open Application Programming Interface (APIs), throwing up possibilities of a larger scope for private sector.

  

• Now CoWIN does not schedule second Covid-19 vaccination dose appointment

  This comes after the Centre wrote to States and UTs to increase the interval between two doses of Covishield to 4-8 weeks in view of the emerging scientific evidence of increased protection if the second dose of Covishield is administered between 4-8 weeks after the first dose.