NEW DELHI : The government plans to use the universal immunisation programme mechanism for distribution of covid-19 vaccines after they receive approval from the drug regulator, union health minister Harsh Vardhan said in a statement to the Lok Sabha on Friday.“Once available, the coronavirus vaccine distribution follows the same route as for the current practice of vaccines distribution under Universal Immunization Program (UIP)," Vardhan said in a written statement.Under the UIP mechanism, the government provides several vaccines to infants, children and pregnant women, including the Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine, oral polio vaccine, and those against hepatitis B, diptheria, tetanus and rotavirus infections.However, the.