Mobile technology to be used for Covid-19 vaccination drive, says PM Narendra Modi

Three leading coronavirus vaccine developers -- Pfizer Inc and AstraZeneca Plc and Bharat Biotech -- have applied for emergency use authorization in India

With the government hoping available of Covid-19 vaccine soon, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said mobile technology will be used for mass inoculation against the pandemic.

"...With the help of mobile technology that we will embark on one of the world's largest Covid-19 vaccination drive," he said while speaking at India Mobile Congress.

However, he did not provide any details.

He also said mobile technology has enabled benefits worth billions of dollars to reach the deserving and also helped the poor and vulnerable during the pandemic.

Currently 3 coronavirus vaccine developers -- AstraZeneca, Pfizer Inc and and Bharat Biotech -- have applied for emergency use authorisation in India.

Serum Institute of India Ltd, AstraZeneca''s India vaccine partner, has applied for emergency use authorisation using data from Phase-III trials that were conducted locally, as well as in Brazil and the UK, while Pfizer India has applied to drug regulator for permission to import its experimental mRNA vaccine for sale and distribution without the requirement for local clinical trials.

Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech has sought nod Covaxin which is being indigenously developed in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).