Coming soon: CoWin portal in Hindi, 14 regional languages

The CoWIN portal, which is the main platform for vaccine registration, will be made available in Hindi and 14 regional languages by next week, the health ministry said on Monday.

The announcement came after a high-level meeting chaired by Union health minister Harsh Vardhan with a group of ministers on the Covid situation.

A govt official said that this was in the pipeline for some time keeping in mind the convenience of people who are not comfortable with the English language.

Dr Harsh Vardhan, meanwhile, informed his colleagues that 17 new laboratories are going to be added to the INSACOG network to monitor the variants of Covid-19. The network is presently served by 10 laboratories located at different corners of the country.

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