he WHO is already working on an international COVID-19 vaccination passport that will be recognized around the world.

Now that in much of the world, the numbers of infections and deaths from the virus have decreased, the World Health Organization (WHO) will convene member countries and leaders of technology groups to create a digital system that recognizes the different vaccination certificates in all nations and regions of the world.

What is the COVID-19 international passport?

According to the head of digital health at the MITER corporation and co-founder of the Immunization Credentials Initiative, Brian Anderson; WHO seeks to develop a platform to verify that all vaccine credentials are legitimate.
In simpler words, the WHO intends to unify the different vaccine certification programs around the world into one. Currently four of the most recognized certificates in the world are:
  1. European Union COVID digital certificate.
  2. DIVOC Program of India.
  3. Australia’s VDS-NC certificate.
  4. Smart health pass used by corporations like Apple and Walmart, as well as by at least 22 states and US territories.

One of the WHO’s plans is to create an identifier such as a QR code, which would be linked to a person’s vaccination records, freeing them from the need to carry a paper vaccination record.

Currently some standards include a digital Covid certificate for member countries of the European Union. In the case of the United States, they do not have an official standard despite the dominance of SMART health cards.

Paper COVID-19 vaccination cards stamped by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and DHHS are relatively easy to forge, which has raised concerns about fraud.

Although this is an ambitious plan, so far it is not clear whether The United States would participate. The White House and the Departments of State and the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) have not made any statements or communications in this regard.

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