OPEN TO ALL! CoWin platform is being made open source, available to any and all countries, CONFIRMS PM Narendra Modi

Covid vaccination platform CoWin is being prepared to be made open source. Soon, it will be available to any and all countries, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, July 5. 

The Prime Minister said that given the importance of vaccination, India decided to adopt a completely digital approach while planning its vaccination strategy. This helps people in proving that they have been vaccinated, expediting the normalcy in the post-pandemic globalised world. A safe, secure and trustworthy proof helps people to establish when, where and by whom they have been vaccinated. The digital approach also helps in tracking the usage of vaccination and minimises wastage.

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Modi was addressing the CoWin Global Conclave as India offered CoWin platform as a digital public good to the world to combat COVID-19. 

The Prime Minister also expressed India’s eagerness to learn from global practices by highlighting India’s commitment to sharing experiences, expertise, and resources with the global community.  

Emphasising the importance of technology in the fight against pandemic, Modi said that software is one area in which there are no resource constraints. That's why India made its Covid tracking and tracing app open source as soon as it was technically feasible.

We made our #Covid tracing and tracking app open source as soon as it was technically feasible.

With nearly 200 million users, the @SetuAarogya app is a readily available package for developers.

- Prime Minister @narendramodi at #CoWINGlobalConclave pic.twitter.com/ZgL0V66LOn

— PIB India (@PIB_India) July 5, 2021

He pointed out that with nearly 200 million users, the Aarogya Setu app is a readily available package for developers. The Prime Minister told the global audience that you can be sure that it has been tested in the real world for speed and scale. 

The Prime Minister remarked that there is no parallel to such a pandemic in hundred years and no nation, however powerful, can solve a challenge like this in isolation. “The biggest lesson from the COVID-19 pandemic is that for humanity and the human cause, we have to work together and move ahead together. We have to learn from each other and guide each other about our best practices,” said the Prime Minister. 

Modi informed that through CoWin, India has administered 350 million doses of COVID vaccines, including 9 million people in one day, few days ago. Furthermore, vaccinated people do not need to carry around fragile pieces of paper to prove anything. It is all available in digital format. 

The Prime Minister also highlighted the customisability to the software as per the local requirements of the interested countries. The Prime Minister concluded with the hope that guided by the approach of 'One Earth, One Health', humanity will certainly overcome this pandemic.