Govt to generate unique health IDs for people giving Aadhaar for vaccination

If a Covid-19 vaccine seeker provides his/her Aadhaar as identity proof to be inoculated, the government will immediately generate a unique health identity (UHID) for the individual. Eyeing this as an opportunity, authorities now are planning to use the vaccination programme to get digital health IDs for citizens. Once a UHID is generated, a person’s health records are digitally maintained in hospitals and become a part of government records.