Two months after he announced that a unique health ID will be provided to every citizen under the National Digital Health Mission, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday indicated that the “digital health ID will be used to ensure immunisation”.
Addressing the inaugural function of the Grand Challenges Annual Meeting 2020, the Prime Minister said, “…India is now at the forefront of vaccine development for Covid-19. Some of them are in advanced stages. We are not stopping here; India is already working on putting a well-established vaccine delivery system in place. This digitised network, along with the digital health ID, will be used to ensure immunisation of our citizens.”
Earlier, during his Independence Day address, PM Modi had said that the Unique Health ID provided to every citizen would have details of diseases, diagnosis, report, medication, etc. in a common database.
Asserting that future will be shaped by societies that invest in science and innovation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday cited India’s handling of COVID-19 to state that the country’s scientific institutions are its “greatest assets” and have done “wonders” in tackling the disease.
India has proven capacity for producing quality medicines and vaccine at low cost, he said.
“In India, we have a strong and vibrant scientific community. We also have very good scientific institutions. They have been India’s greatest assets, especially during the last several few months, while fighting COVID-19. From containment to capacity building, they have achieved wonders,” he added.
