Centre considering Aadhaar linked unique digital health IDs: Report
Unique health identification (UHID) is used to maintain digital records of an individual’s health history in hospitals and become part of the government records.
January 11, 2021 / 01:19 PM IST
The government is looking at the COVID-19 vaccination programme as a way to generate digital unique health identification (UHID) numbers for citizens linked to their Aadhaar cards.
This will work as follows – if a person uses their Aadhaar card as ID proof to register for the coronavirus vaccine authorities will use it to “immediately generate an UHID for the individual,” the Times of India reported.