Dikhyaa Mohanty 
CoWIN is likely to go global soon as over 12 countries are in the final stages of borrowing the technology which is India’s tech backbone that has been driving the COVID-19 vaccination drive.
According to the reports, South America is one of the 12 countries where a signed memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been sent by the Indian government and awaiting their acceptance. Most of the other countries are from Africa and central Asia that have shown interest.
The CoWIN platform has also handled 2.5 crore vaccinations in a day in India, with over 800 vaccinations per second. Chief executive officer at National Health Authority, Dr RS Sharma stated the progress of the initiative, as well as the talks, are monitored by the Ministry of External Affairs. And so far, 12 countries have agreed to sign the MoUs. He further added that they have signed MoU with South America and have sent the document for their acceptance. And once it will be done, they will make an announcement.
The Centre will share CoWIN with other nations as a product licensed by the central government, which will be available to all interested countries for free, until perpetuity.
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