Well it's about time.
Now, if we can put them all into a database. Maybe a chain.
Dare I hope: An immutable chain.
And maybe gamify them: "Hey kids, collect all 7 billion"
From the WHO via All Africa, August 27:
press release
Vaccination certificates are nothing new. They are health documents that record a vaccination event - traditionally as a paper card - with key details including the date, product and batch number of the vaccine administered.
The Digital Documentation of COVID-19 Certificates is proposed as a mechanism by which a person's COVID-19-related health data can be digitally documented via an electronic certificate.
The certificate can be used in the same way as a paper-based vaccination record/card. That is to provide information to health care providers about the vaccination status of individuals, providing a basis for health workers to offer a subsequent dose and/or appropriate health services as appropriate. In some instances, vaccination cards are also used to facilitate international travel, for example in the case of yellow fever, where a vaccination certificate may be required by some countries as a condition of entry.
Historically, paper-based vaccination records have presented many challenges - such as the possibility of losing or damaging the card, or even the possibility of fraud. The proposed digital solutions are designed to address these challenges.
A vaccination certificate can be purely digital (for example stored in a smartphone application or on a cloud-based server) and replace the need for a paper card, or it can be a digital representation of the traditional paper-based record. The link between the paper record and the digital record can be established using a barcode, for example, printed on or affixed to the paper vaccination card. A digital certificate should never require individuals to have a smartphone or computer.
WHO's guidance
WHO does not support the requirement of proof of COVID-19 vaccination in order to travel. In some situations, however, depending on the risk assessment of the countries concerned, information about vaccination against COVID-19 may be used to reduce requirements for quarantine or testing upon arrival. But this is not the primary purpose of the move towards digital documentation of COVID-19 status....
....MUCH MORE
And at the World Health Organization:
See table 10: p. 59 of 99; table 11 pp. 60 - 61 of 99; table 12 pp. 62 of 99
Name;
Date of Birth;
Unique Identifier (National ID, Health ID etc.);
Sex;
Vaccine type;
brand;
manufacturer;
market authorization holder;
batch number;
date of vaccination;
Vaccination valid from;
dose number;
total doses;
country of vaccination;
administering center;
signature of health worker;
health worker ID;
disease targeted (name of the disease that vaccine given to protect again);
Due date of next dose;
certificate issuer;
health certificate ID;
certificate valid from;
certificate valid until;
certificate schema version.
