SoftBank-backed digital payments app Paytm has over 100 million monthly active users and MakeMyTrip has 12 million
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The head of the government’s tech platform said that Paytm, Infosys and MakeMyTrip are among the companies seeking approval to provide online COVID-19 vaccine booking in India. This is because the country is trying to ease the facility of booking vaccines for its vast population.
The government last month relaxed rules to potentially allow third-party apps to offer vaccine booking and took back control of procurement from states due to delays and vaccine shortages. At the same time, it also faced initial problems with its own vaccine booking platform.
These companies are asking for permission
RS Sharma, the head of the government panel that is handling the Covid vaccination registrations, told Reuters that around 15 state agencies and private companies, including Indian healthcare giants Apollo and Max, and online pharmacy 1mg, have offered vaccine bookings. asked to allow.
SoftBank-backed digital payments app Paytm has over 100 million monthly active users and MakeMyTrip has 12 million. The popularity of these websites is very high, in such a situation, Sharma said that if many do this instead of one platform, then it will work in the interest of the country.
MakeMyTrip CEO Rajesh Mago said the company wants to help people book their vaccination slots. 1mg said it is waiting for government approval. Apollo declined to comment, while Paytm, Infosys and Max. Reuters did not respond to questions Only 3.5% of India’s 1.3 billion population is fully immunized against COVID-19 and health officials say the pace has to be accelerated to avoid a further deadly surge of the virus .
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