CNN revealed , Monday, December 28, 2020, plans to develop a health passport that reveals all information related to travelers, and confirms that they have received an anti-corona virus vaccine before they board their flights.
According to the network, a group of technology companies, in cooperation with several airlines, have developed an application called The CommonPass, which allows the user to download his medical information, especially proof of obtaining a Corona vaccine from a hospital or a specialist.
The network indicates that this proof is necessary to obtain a health certificate or a transit permit in the form of a QR code, at the departure and arrival points.
Corona vaccine certificates
As part of the Covid-19 certification initiative, a few companies have also developed a smart card that achieves a middle ground between the traditional paper-based vaccine certificates and the online version, which is easier to store and reproduce.
Lucy Young, co-leader of the Covid-19 Certification Initiative, said: “From our point of view, it is a matter of how digital certificates are stored and presented, not only via smartphones, but in other ways suitable for those people who do not have access to a stable internet and also those who do not have phones. Smart. We're looking at it, and there are companies that are doing promising work. "
Once a vaccine passport is created, companies will need to make sure people are comfortable using it. This means confronting concerns about handling private medical information.
“Trust and transparency remain of the utmost importance when developing a platform such as a digital health passport, or any solution that handles sensitive personal data,” IBM said in a blog post. “Putting privacy first is an important priority for data management and analysis, in response to these trying times.”
Corona vaccine passports are expected to be released and approved quickly when matters return to normal. It is also expected that there will be a range of applications that can work with each other, to be widely available during the first half of 2021.
Corona passport
And the American newspaper The New York Times has previously confirmed that the major airlines, led by United Airlines, the American "JetBlue" and the German "Lufthansa" company, will start from next week to submit an application that represents a "passport." Digital health, which aims to verify the results of the Corona virus test for passengers, and perhaps they will receive vaccinations soon.
For his part, Dr. Brad Perkins, chief medical officer at the Commons Project Foundation, a non-profit organization that is based in Geneva and is responsible for developing the application , said, "It is expected that this will be a new natural need that it will have to respond to, to control This epidemic and its containment. "
Also, electronic vaccination credentials may have a profound impact on efforts to control the spread of the virus and re-accelerate the economy.
It could motivate more employers and universities to reopen their doors. It may also give some consumers a sense of peace of mind, the developers say, by providing an easy way to book movie tickets, cruise ships and sports stadiums, and check acceptance of only those who have received documented virus vaccinations.
On the other hand, the American company "United" had tested the application of "Common Pass" on a flight to Newark Liberty International Airport in the state of New Jersey, coming from Heathrow Airport in London. And now United and four other airlines plan to start using it soon on some international flights