Glitches in Co-WIN are minor, new system to work like RAC: R S Sharma

R S Sharma, who chairs the empowered committee on technology for Covid vaccine, spoke to Nivedita Mookerji on what went wrong with Co-Win during the first few days, the scale-up exercise, and more

Many states have raised concerns over technology glitches in the vaccination delivery platform Co-WIN. R S Sharma, who chairs the empowered committee on technology for Covid vaccine, spoke to Nivedita Mookerji on what went wrong with Co-Win during the first few days, the scale-up exercise, plans for a flexible system, vaccine hesitancy, and more. Edited excerpts:          

How has it been going for you as chairman of the technology platform (Co-WIN) for Covid vaccine?

I entered the system (in the newly appointed panel for Co-WIN) on January 9. I have reviewed the system and found small software glitches, which