Jharkhand tests Aadhaar-based facial authentication at Covid vaccine centres

In a first, Jharkhand, till Wednesday, has inoculated 12,000 people using an Aadhaar-based facial recognition system at vaccination sites across the state. The facial recognition system is being tested by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on a pilot basis in the state.

On Wednesday Jharkhand’s Health Secretary KK Soan got himself vaccinated at one of the vaccination sites in Arki—around 90 kilometres from Ranchi—through facial recognition process.

Jharkhand Health Secretary KK Soan said: “This is contactless and that is the first advantage. One of the advantages is for people aged above 65 as sometimes their fading thumbprint don’t match with the impression in their Aadhar and the same is also true of their IRIS scan.