Reminding global audience that “vaccination is the best hope” for humanity to emerge successfully from the pandemic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that CoWIN — technology platform for Covid vaccination — will soon be available to “any and all countries”.

Addressing CoWIN Global virtual Conclave, the Prime Minister said India will offer the CoWIN platform as a digital public good to other countries to run their own Covid-19 inoculation drives.

About 50 countries, including Canada, Mexico, Nigeria, Panama and Uganda, have shown interest in adopting CoWIN, a digital platform, to run their vaccination drives.

“Technology platform for Covid vaccination — the platform we call CoWin — is being prepared to be made an open source. Soon, it will be available to any and all countries. Today’s conclave is the first step to introduce this platform to all of you,” said Modi addressing the conclave.

The PM said right from the beginning, India decided to adopt a completely digital approach while planning vaccination strategy.

“In today’s globalised world if the post-pandemic world has to return to normalcy, such a digital approach is essential. After all, people must be able to prove that they have been vaccinated. Such proof must be safe, secure and trustworthy,” he said.

The Prime Minister said people also must have a record of when and where and by whom they have been vaccinated.

“Given how precious each dose of the vaccines is, Governments are also concerned about making sure that each dose is tracked and wastage is minimized. All of this is not possible without an end-to-end digital approach,” Modi clarified.

The Prime Minister said technology platform for Covid vaccination is being prepared to be made open source.

“Soon, it will be available to any and all countries. Today’s conclave is the first step to introduce this platform to all of you. This is the platform through which India has administered 350 million doses of Covid vaccines”, he said.

Modi expressed his delight that “such a large number of experts from various countries have joined us for the CoWIN Global Conclave.”

He expressed condolences for all the lives lost to the pandemic, in all the countries. There is no parallel to such a pandemic in hundred years, he said.

“Experience shows that no nation, however powerful, can solve a challenge like this in isolation. The biggest lesson from the Covid-19 pandemic is that for humanity and the human cause, we have to work together and move ahead together”, said Prime Minister.

Modi further said “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. And, we remain eager to learn from global practices” he said.

Modi said Vaccination is the best hope for humanity to emerge successfully from the pandemic and India from the very beginning decided to adopt a completely digital approach while planning vaccination strategy, he said.