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