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The Union health ministry has developed a digital platform, including a mobile application, for real-time monitoring of Covid-19 vaccine delivery, recording data and to enable people to get themselves registered for vaccination. Addressing a press meet on Tuesday, health secretary Rajesh Bhushan said the platform, Co-WIN, will help monitor the entire vaccination process. "Co-WIN digital platform includes a free downloadable mobile application which can help record vaccine data. One can register themselves on it if they want the vaccine. There are five modules in Co-WIN app - administrator module, registration module, vaccination module, beneficiary acknowledgement module and report module," he said.

Senior Congress leader Anand Sharma on Tuesday cautioned the government against any shortcuts while processing the Covid-19 vaccine applications and said any compromise on safety standards and rules will not be accepted. Pfizer, Bharat Biotech and the Serum Institute of India have applied to the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) for emergency use authorisation of their Covid-19 vaccine candidates in India and the government will soon take a call on them.

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