LUCKNOW: The state government will resort to generous use of technology while rolling out the
Covid-19 vaccine implementation programme across the state.
Over 35,000 vaccine centres are coming up across districts to roll out the vaccination programme which is surely the biggest in the country and among the top six in terms of coverage size in the world.
Officials engaged in the process revealed that following recommendations from the Dr Vinod Paul Committee, an
Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network (eVIN) is being created to undertake real-time monitoring of Covid-19 vaccine delivery, recording data and to enable people to get them registered for vaccination.
In addition to this, the platform will be used to upload the group of beneficiaries like health workers, Covid-19 warriors and also people in the priority group like those with co-morbid conditions and those above 55 years of age.
The state government has already passed instructions to the home department to ensure that the vaccine vans are transported safely. For this, they are to install a
global positioning system in the movement vans specially designed to maintain the cold-chain.
At the vaccine centres, a system to keep track of the power supply is being installed.
According to insiders, SMS alerts will be sent to the officials concerned the
moment power trips and the moment it is restored. Though all the centres will be provided with heavy power back-ups, the system will ensure that there is no time-lag in the switch.