75+ Nations Interested In India’s Cowin
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75+ Nations Interested In India’s Cowin

Nearly 76 countries have shown interest in having a CoWIN like system to run their vaccination drive. According to Dr. R.S. Sharma, Chairperson of the Empowered Committee for the administration of the COVID-19 vaccine, PM Modi has directed officials to create an open source version of the platform and give it free of cost to any country that wants it. Countries like Canada, Mexico, Nigeria, Panama, Peru, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Nigeria, Uganda & nations from Asian continent have showed interest in having a system CoWIN like system Dr. Sharma said at the second Public Health Summit 2021 organised by Confederation of Indian Industry. To demonstrate the capabilities of the software, the government is set to hold a virtual global conclave. 196 officials from foreign countries & 116 private individuals from 41 countries have registered for participation in this conclave.