Covid-19 digital vaccination barcodes could be on the horizon
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Information Minister Honorable Melford Nicholas revealed that the Cabinet is giving consideration to providing fully vaccinated young people with a barcode sent to their smartphone.
This is likely to replace the physical hard copy vaccination certificates currently being administered when people are vaccinated. The Information and Telecommunications Minister said the digital barcodes will be used for entry to certain establishments that will require digital evidence of a person’s vaccination record.
He said the barcode’s digital data will be pulled from the country’s existing Covid-19 vaccination electronic database which means that the information represented on an individual’s smart phone will be incontestable, and one is not going to be able to forge it. The digital barcodes, when used, will be in combination with picture identification for verification purposes.