<p>The Union Health Ministry has activated a service on the CoWIN portal that allows anyone to check an individual's vaccination status with the person's registered mobile number and name, followed by an OTP for consent.</p>.<p>The service could be utilised by a service provider -- private entities such as travel agencies, offices, employers, entertainment agencies or government agencies such as IRCTC -- for whom verifying a person's vaccination status is critical for facilitating a service requested by the citizen, an official said.</p>.<p>"Now download the fully / partially vaccinated badge from CoWIN (cowin.gov.in) & share it with your friends on all your social platforms! Encourage your family and friends to follow you and #FightCovid," National Health Authority CEO R S Sharma said in a tweet.</p>.<p>The service is being built to help citizens who may not have the vaccine certificate available in digital or paper form for availing a requested service and can support the service provider to verify the vaccination status/vaccination digital record of the citizen as per the authorised permission of the requesting entity.</p>.<p>The service helps in verifying the vaccination status of individuals</p>.<p>The service can be utilised by travel agencies and help making travel safe for individuals by allowing travel only for vaccinated individuals.</p>.<p>Employers can use this service to verify vaccination status of employees and resume the functions in offices, workplaces, etc.</p>.<p>This service will help in resuming and catalysing the economic activities in country, the official said.</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>
<p>The Union Health Ministry has activated a service on the CoWIN portal that allows anyone to check an individual's vaccination status with the person's registered mobile number and name, followed by an OTP for consent.</p>.<p>The service could be utilised by a service provider -- private entities such as travel agencies, offices, employers, entertainment agencies or government agencies such as IRCTC -- for whom verifying a person's vaccination status is critical for facilitating a service requested by the citizen, an official said.</p>.<p>"Now download the fully / partially vaccinated badge from CoWIN (cowin.gov.in) & share it with your friends on all your social platforms! Encourage your family and friends to follow you and #FightCovid," National Health Authority CEO R S Sharma said in a tweet.</p>.<p>The service is being built to help citizens who may not have the vaccine certificate available in digital or paper form for availing a requested service and can support the service provider to verify the vaccination status/vaccination digital record of the citizen as per the authorised permission of the requesting entity.</p>.<p>The service helps in verifying the vaccination status of individuals</p>.<p>The service can be utilised by travel agencies and help making travel safe for individuals by allowing travel only for vaccinated individuals.</p>.<p>Employers can use this service to verify vaccination status of employees and resume the functions in offices, workplaces, etc.</p>.<p>This service will help in resuming and catalysing the economic activities in country, the official said.</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>