German digital vaccination certificate will be released next Monday

German digital vaccination certificate will be released next Monday, and the digital vaccine certificate within the EU seems to have reached a happy ending. German digital vaccination pass will be launched soon. In the near future, people can directly generate numbers in family doctors or vaccination centers to prove that the German digital vaccination certificate will be released next Monday. 1

The digital vaccine certificate within the European Union seems to have reached a happy ending. From next Monday, pharmacies will start transcribing coronavirus vaccination records from the yellow vaccination manual to the digital application "CovPass". People who can't wait to travel will soon be able to download the app in the app store.

EU countries and the European Parliament have recently reached an agreement on the details of a European-wide certificate, which can prove the status of vaccination, testing and recovery after infection. This will bring more convenience to travel. The digital signature in the form of two-dimensional code in EU certificate is a reliable IT security program: Public Key Infrastructure (PKI). According to the European Commission, this principle is the same as keys and locks. If the QR code (key) is forged, the scanning will display an error message, and the door will remain locked.

The German digital vaccination pass will be launched soon. The Federal Association of German Pharmacists' Associations (ABDA) announced that from next Monday, many pharmacies will retroactively issue digital certificates of complete vaccination with COVID-19 vaccine. According to the Federal Ministry of Health, the related application named "CovPass" will be available in the smartphone app store before June 14th.

In the near future, people can directly generate digital certificates at family doctors or vaccination centers, and then use them on smart phones. Before the nationwide implementation of digital vaccination certificate, some selected vaccination centers have started the trial operation of this new method. For Germany, this application is a supplement to the yellow vaccination manual, and the original yellow vaccination card is still valid.

The current vaccination records of people who have completed vaccination are still kept on the yellow vaccination card, and these people can subsequently generate vaccination digital certificates through family doctors and pharmacies. Whether there will be fraud in this transcription process has become the focus of many people. The pharmacists' association publicly ensures that counterfeiting can be controlled. Split, a spokesman for the Pharmacists Association, said, "Every pharmacy checks the authenticity of more than 1 prescriptions every day. For pharmacists, vaccines are also drugs, and pharmacists can identify vaccination cards. "

According to the Ministry of Health, those who cheat on vaccination will face heavy penalties. Private individuals who forge vaccination cards may face up to one year's imprisonment or a fine. Those who make false vaccine certificates will face two years' imprisonment or a fine. Health Minister Spang said that forging this is ultimately deceiving yourself.

Andreas Rokopf, chairman of the Federal Police and Police Union (GdP), made it clear that the police have little room to operate in combating the falsification of vaccine certificates. It is relatively safe to transcribe digital vaccination certificates in pharmacies. "We can only find what is verifiable for us." German digital vaccination certificate will be released next Monday. 2

The European Union is scheduled to launch the "COVID-19 Digital Travel Certificate" on July 1st. Some groups representing European air carriers and airports warned on 28th that countries need better coordination to promote digital certificates and ensure that passengers complete authentication before arriving at airports, so as to avoid long queues and confusion at airports.

On June 21st, passengers checked in at Helsinki Airport in Finland. (Xinhua News Agency, photo by Marty Martikainen)

In order to facilitate the free movement of citizens of EU member countries within the EU, the EU will soon launch the "COVID-19 Digital Travel Certificate" in the form of mobile phone QR code, showing whether the passengers have completed vaccination, whether the Covid-19 test results are negative and whether they have been immunized after their recent recovery from the epidemic.

On May 28th, the staff made preparations for the vaccine at the vaccination center set up at the Exhibition Center of the Gate of Versailles in Paris, France. (Xinhua News Agency, photo by Aurelian Morisal)

olivier Jankovec, Director-General of the European Region of the International Airport Council, said that it would be an "unprecedented challenge" to cope with the increase in passenger flow, and he was "very, very nervous" because of the large number of manual inspections at the airport.

Rafael Schwarczman, vice president of the European region of the International Air Transport Association, said that during the epidemic, airport passengers need to go through formalities for an average of three hours, which is about twice as long as that before the epidemic. If nothing is changed, this time may theoretically increase to five to eight hours after the "COVID-19 Digital Travel Certificate" is activated, which is unacceptable.

On May 21st, a Lufthansa flight is going to land at Brussels Airport in Belgium.

The European Commission has previously issued guidance to member states, expressing similar concerns. The European Commission said that the inspection methods in different countries may be different, "leading to queues and congestion at airports".

Thomas Rehnert, general manager of the European Aviation Association, said that this situation may hurt passengers' confidence.