Vaccination of the global
population against COVID-19 is one of the challenging tasks in supply
chain management that humanity has ever faced. The rapid roll-out of the
COVID-19 vaccine is a must for making the worldwide immunization
campaign successful, but its effectiveness depends on the availability
of an operational and transparent distribution chain that can be audited
by all related stakeholders. In this paper, the necessity of Blockchain
and Machine Learning in supply-chain management with demand forecasting
of the COVID-19 vaccine has been presented. The aim is to understand
how the convergence of Blockchain technology and ML monitor the
prerequisite of vaccine distribution with demand forecasting. Here, we
have proposed an approach consists of Blockchain and Machine Learning
which will be used to ensure the seamless COVID-19 vaccine distribution
with transparency, data integrity, and end-to-end traceability for
reducing risk, assuring the safety, and also immutability. Besides this,
we have performed demand forecasting for appropriate COVID-19 vaccines
according to the geographical area and the storage facilities. Lastly,
we have discussed research challenges and also mentioning the
limitations with future directions.