NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch online vaccine management portal U-WIN, currently operational on a pilot basis, in October, Union Health Minister JP Nadda said on Friday.

The portal has been developed to maintain a permanent digital record of vaccination and medicines of pregnant women as well as children from birth up to the age of 17, he said.

Nadda, addressing a press conference on the first 100 days of the third Modi government, also said the expanded Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) would include all people aged 70 and above, irrespective of their socio-economic status.

Press Trust of India