Infosys co-founder and the brain behind Aadhaar Nandan Nilekani has said the model followed for the 12-digit biometric identity system can help India deploy a “massive vaccination programme that can cover 3-5 million people daily”.“… we have 1.25 billion people who have a unique Aadhaar identity, we can create a massive vaccination programme. We must ensure that everybody gets a digital certificate with the date of vaccination, name of the vaccine and through which vendor and at what location,” Nilekani told The Economic Times.He said the Aadhaar model was built to enrol 1.5 million people a day. “We can easily think of building a vaccination system that vaccinates 3-5 million people a day,” he said.Close If India manages to vaccinate 50-60 percent, it will vaccine-induced herd immunity. “That would be the longer-term solution, I mean four to five months from now,” Nilekani said. related news What if the first coronavirus vaccines aren’t the best? Movies are returning to theatres. Will audiences follow? BCCI announces Unacademy as Official Partner for IPL Follow our LIVE Updates on the coronavirus pandemic hereOn the outbreak, he said efforts would have to be “redoubled” and behavioural changes such as wearing of masks and social distancing should… Read full this story
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