A coalition of technology and health organizations, including Oracle, Microsoft and Mayo Clinic, is reportedly working to develop a digital vaccination passport COVID-19 that would allow companies, airlines and governments to check whether individuals have received the vaccine.
The Hill reports that a coalition of health and technology organizations is working to develop a new digital COVID-19 vaccination passport that can be verified by companies, airlines and countries to confirm that an individual has received the vaccine. The coalition includes tech giants like Microsoft and Oracle, along with the Mayo Clinic.
On Thursday, the Vaccination Credential Initiative announced that it is developing technology to confirm vaccinations if governments require people to provide proof that they have received the vaccination to travel.
The coalition hopes that the technology will allow people to “demonstrate their health to safely return to travel, work, school and life, while protecting the privacy of their data”. The group is using the work from the Commons Project’s international digital document, which checks whether a person has tested negative for COVID-19.
Currently, the Commons Project system, which was created in partnership with the Rockefeller Foundation, is being used by three major airline alliances. The coalition is currently in discussions with several governments to create a program that requires negative tests or proof of vaccination to enter the country, according to Commons Project chief executive Paul Meyer.
Meyer stated in a statement: “The purpose of the Vaccination Credential Initiative is to empower individuals with digital access to their vaccination records so that they can use tools like CommonPass to safely return to travel, work, school and life, protecting their privacy of your data. “
Mike Sicilia, executive vice president of Oracle’s global business units, commented that the passport “needs to be as easy as online banking” and added: “We are committed to working collectively with the technology and medical communities, as well as with global governments, to ensure that people have secure access to that information, wherever and whenever they need it. “
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