Covishield, Covaxin trial participants to get vaccination certificates via CoWIN

New Delhi: People who participated in the clinical trial of Covishield and Covaxin have been issued vaccination certificate, Union Health Ministry announced on Monday.

Over 11,300 people participated in the clinical trials of Covishield and Covaxin, the two COVID-19 vaccines being used in India in nationwide inoculation drive, according to the government.

“In a welcome initiative, digital #COVID19 vaccination certificates will now be issued to the clinical trial participants of COVISHIELD & COVAXIN through Co-WIN. The nation thanks them for their incredible commitment & contribution to COVID-19 vaccine research & treatment,” Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said in a tweet.

He further said that the participants can download their individual certificates through Co-WIN portal, Aarogya Setu, Digilocker or the UMANG application.

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) had provided the data for 11,349 such persons to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, an official statement said.

The health ministry had designated ICMR as the nodal agency for collection of vaccination data for such participants.

"The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare had received several requests from the trial participants for digital vaccination certificates through Co-WIN," the release said.

"It was decided that vaccination certificates may be issued to such participants who were administered the vaccines during these trials/studies, after the trials/studies were unblinded," it added.