The digital vaccination card is coming. A test run is now to start in Brandenburg. From the end of June two apps should be able to show the certificate.
Potsdam – The great freedom after months in lockdown * is within your grasp. The incidence in Germany is lower than it has been in seven months. On Thursday, May 27th, it was only 41. Especially those who have been completely vaccinated * (15 days after the second dose) and those who have recovered from Corona have more freedom when shopping and traveling. Meanwhile, 14.8 percent have had their second vaccination behind them (as of May 26). To prove this, you will soon no longer need the old yellow vaccination certificate or a positive PCR test that was several weeks ago, because the digital vaccination certificate is in its first test run.
Digital vaccination pass: test run in Brandenburg – two apps should be included
The first ID cards are now to be issued in Brandenburg and the system is to be tested. The concept was presented by the Ministry of Health and IBM, who are responsible for development, in Potsdam. The department head in the Federal Ministry of Health, Gottfried Ludewig, said on Thursday during a visit to a center in Potsdam that vaccination centers should check what works well and what needs to be improved. He assured the rollout was on schedule. The vaccination certificate should be offered before the summer holidays.
It should be possible to get the digital vaccination card via two apps, including the well-known Corona warning app. The QR code from the vaccination documents is to be scanned with the apps and thus entered the system. The vaccinees should receive the codes where they were vaccinated. So at your family doctor or in the respective vaccination center. The pharmacies should also be involved.
Digital corona vaccination pass: valid throughout the EU – travel possible again
If the test run in Brandenburg is successful, the digital vaccination card should be available to everyone at the end of June. The proof is then valid throughout Europe and makes traveling in the EU easier and is available in the app both online and offline. The old yellow paper vaccination certificate is of course still valid. Just a week ago, the EU Parliament and the EU member states agreed on an EU-wide vaccination certificate. Now everything is taking shape in Germany. The board member of the Brandenburg Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians, Holger Rostek, was delighted with the start of the field tests. The vaccination certificate must be practical and also work in general practitioners’ practices, said Rostek. “We want to vaccinate and not have a bureaucracy monster.”
Meanwhile, at the vaccination summit in Berlin, the government is discussing the further strategy for vaccination in Germany. * Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.
