COWIN – The need for Government to work out better options

By Prof A Unnikrishnan

1. Government seriously needs to work out better options in the CO-WIN application/software.Maybe the application / software should be modified to collect advance data/options for choice of vaccination centers, vaccine, age group etc rather than we trying to rush into fastest finger mode, by selecting each and every time we look for a schedule

2. The software should be such that any one particular section of people should not only be benefited (like for example in this case people who have a lot of time and highy tech savvy have more chances of getting a slot )

3. Even youngsters are getting anxieties and high frustration levels. They become sad on not finding vaccination slots even after continuous attempts .

4. The software should be designed with some predictability. Currently this is missing.

5. Given the shortage of vaccine, maybe the software does a random selection and gives a slot to everyone based on this in due course of time. (there definitely could be better suggestions on this from software experts)