CoWIN launches interface for information on a person’s vaccination status

New Delhi, September 10: In order to check the COVID-19 vaccination status of an individual, the Co-WIN portal launched a new API called 'Know Your Customer's/Client's Vaccination Status'. This portal will enable a verifying entity to know whether a person has been vaccinated against coronavirus or not. The Union health ministry gave the information via social media on Friday.

 

 

According to the ministry of health and family welfare (MoHFW), to use this API, an individual needs to enter his/her mobile number and name. Thereafter, they will get an OTP, which has to be entered. Co-WIN then sends a response to the verifying entity on the individual’s status of vaccination, which could be – a person is not vaccinated, a person is partially vaccinated or the person is fully vaccinated.

 

This can be useful in instances where an entity does not need to see the certificate in full and would just need to know whether an individual has been vaccinated or not, the statement said.

 

 

 

While giving the real-life example the ministry said, at the time of booking a railway ticket, an individual will input the necessary details for buying the ticket and if required, the concerned entity will also get the vaccination status in the same transaction, with the due consent of the individual.

The ministry further said that the KYC-VS will facilitate all such use cases and more. It is both consent-based and privacy-preserving. Additionally, in order to facilitate quick integration and faster adoption, the Co-WIN Team has prepared a webpage with the API, which may be embedded in any system. This will allow for seamless integration with any system in no time.

 

 

"Besides the use cases pointed out, this service may be utilized by any service provider, private or public, for whom verifying an individual's vaccination status is critical for facilitating a service requested," it said.

 

Over 72 crore vaccine doses have been administered since the vaccination campaign against COVID-19 was flagged off on January 16 this year in the country.

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