Co-WIN 2.0 : Taking Shape

 

 

What I had suggested in my earlier e-mail :

[  Voting and Vaccination : Compare and Contrast…/ 19 Oct 2020 ]…. is typed under the relevant news, in RED

 

[ Co-WIN 2.0 : a “ Work-in-Progress “ ? / 17 Feb 2921 ]….. is typed under the relevant news,  in PURPLE

 

 

Context :

 

Centre set to charge for vaccines at private hospitals   /  ET  /  27 Feb

Extract :

 

Ø  The centre would acquire the vaccines from vaccine manufacturers and send to the state governments, which in turn, would send it to government facilities and private hospitals

Ø  Private hospitals would directly transfer the vaccine cost to the Centre once they receive them from the State government

Ø  The State government would keep a track of vaccine doses supplied to each private hospital

Ø  This amount ( minus the vaccine administration cost ) would be transferred directly to a government account

Please also consider a centralized purchase of vaccines by your ministry from all vaccine manufacturers

No direct purchase by State Governments or any other govt agency – and certainly not by any private party/person

Your ministry to issue DELIVERY SCHEDULES to all vaccine manufacturers, which will instruct, how many dozes ( vials ) to be delivered to each VDC ( Vaccine Delivery Centre ) – and on what date . These schedules to be visible to all, so that there is no dispute between different States re “non-receipt / less receipt “ of dozes

Each consignment to be tracked by Aushman Bharat website and promptly displayed for all to see

Online confirmation of receipt of each consignment by all VDC – again displayed on website for all – ensuring no debating of FACTS of deliveries / stocks / consumption

Although, website shall not display the names of citizen who have been administered the vaccine ( to protect their privacy ), it will display the DAILY and CUMULATIVE numbers of vaccinations ( for all to see )

 

Ø  While scheduling  an appointment, a beneficiary would be able to choose a vaccination centre but not the vaccine

Ø  Private hospitals offering the vaccines would be required to follow stringent protocols, including active follow up

Ø  The government has also rolled out an updated version of CoWin app to manage the vaccination drive

Ø  The next two days would be dedicated to switching from CoWin 1.0 to CoWin 2.0

Ø  The simplified registration process would be through three routes – self-registration through CoWin website and Aarogya Setu app,  on-site registration at the vaccination centres, and facilitated cohort registration where specific vaccination day will be decided and target groups of potential beneficiaries will be vaccinated in groups

 

Based on the  “ Registration Data “ submitted, the Central Server ( of Aushman Bharat ) will issue a UNIQUE PRIORITY NUMBER to the person ( by SMS on mobile ) . The message will also assign a specific “  “ Vaccine Delivery Centre – VDC “ ( a nearby Hospital – Nursing Home – Lab – Doctor )

Server will, simultaneously send notification to that particular VDC , providing full registration details of the concerned citizen – indicating his PRIORITY

Based on the “ Number of Citizen “ assigned – and the PRIORITY of each such citizen, software installed will send an SMS to the citizens , assigning SPECIFIC DATE / TIME to each person for visit .

This automatic / rule-based “ SCHEDULING “ by the software, will ensure “ No crowding / maintenance of Social Distancing “

Concerned VDC will fill in details such as : Vaccinated on ( …..  ) /  Did not turn up

(  This will alert health worker to visit residence of person for follow-up / reschedule visit )

 

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  COVID-19 vaccination will be allowed at home in future  /  ET  /  27 Feb

 

Extract :

Ø  “ We have switched from a supply-driven system to a demand-driven one. In the earlier system, some centres were under-utilized  and we were asking people to come and get vaccinated. But now, those who want to be vaccinated would schedule themselves as per their convenience. We expect urban areas to see better turn-out than rural villages “, said Sharma, who is also the chairperson of empowered committee for Covid-19 vaccine delivery technology platform

Ø  The government would allow self-registration from Monday by furnishing name ( as given on the identity proof to be carried to the vaccination centre) , age and gendre

       Govt to launch a Mobile App { VacReg ? )

App will require a citizen to submit following data :

Name / Aadhar Number / Mobile Number / Current Resi Address ( could be different than add in Aadhar ID )

 

Ø  After this registration, the person would be asked to feed State, locality and PIN code number for scheduling an appointment. This would be enabled on the CoWin website, Aarogya Setu and similar online platforms

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Why ramping up of new phase will take 10 days   /  TOI  /  28 Feb

Extract :

Ø  Not many tech-challenged 60-plus citizens will be able to immediately download and self-register on the Centre’s digital platform for the Covid-19 vaccination program, CoWIN

Also, it is at the moment not known how many names will feature in Co-WIN drop-box for selection of private hospitals

    Question :

Ø  If ( say ) , Mumbai has 200 vaccination centres to choose from ( by, say 5 million citizen of 50 yrs + ),

Will Co-WIN 2.0, display ( on a tiny mobile screen ), a “ droplist “ which reads :

 “ Select your preferred Vaccination centre from the following list ( only one choice ) “

          [  Names / Addresses of 200 centres ]

          And will that tiny screen also have another “ droplist “ which reads,

         “ Select your preferred Time by clicking below ( only one ) “

         [  7 am / 7:10 am / 7:20 am ………………….. 8 pm  ]

 

The probability that 9,876 persons choose :

>     Nanavati Hospital - Andheri

>     9 am 

>     23rd March 2021 ,

is VERY HIGH  !

Expect a PANDEMONIUM  !

And, if the software has built-in LIMITATION RULES ( eg : not to exceed XYZ number for each Vaccination centre / each session / each time ), then there is a distinct possibility that the process of  self - registration , can take 4 hours on the mobile !

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Dear Dr R S Sharmaji

( cp@trai.gov.in ),

I hope your CoWIN app design / development team will provide some simple online features ( on CoWIN app ) which will make it easy for people to self-register

I urge your team to glance through following article :

7 tangible ways to make vaccine websites more accessible

 

With regards,

Hemen Parekh  /  hcp@RecruitGuru.com  /  28 Feb2021