Corona evidence: There are numerous alternatives to the app - all details about the immune card and Co.
Created: 01/13/2022, 05:22 AM
From: Marcus Giebel
There are many ways to provide proof of vaccination: Not every citizen always wants to have to start the CovPass app.
© Stefan Puchner / dpa
The CovPass is currently a must in order to be able to enter many public buildings.
Or so it seems.
But there are alternatives with which the verification can be completed more quickly.
Munich - The vaccination certificate is probably the most important identification document in these times.
Because this is the only way to open the doors of restaurants or retail outlets.
However, it should take some getting used to, especially for older citizens, to always have their mobile phone quickly at hand in order to be able to show the CovPass app.
Correspondingly, the check can take some time, as the function always has to be called and started first.
In addition, users who unlock their cell phones via face recognition complain that the mask must first be removed from their mouth and nose in order to be able to log in at all.
CovPass alternative: Immune card available in pharmacies - but subject to a charge
Quite a few will long for alternatives. And there are. For example, a start-up from Leipzig has launched an immune card. As
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reports, the verification in credit card format is considered to be durable and robust, with which it will warm many hearts. Because the yellow vaccination certificate in particular does not necessarily thank its owner for being dragged along forever, it quickly suffers from being pulled out and put back again and again.
The immune card is already available in many pharmacies - according to official information every second one - it can also be ordered online.
In contrast to the app, however, it is chargeable, 9.90 euros are called.
This document also has the valid vaccination QR code of the Robert Koch Institute.
It turns out that it is a great advantage that it does not depend on a cell phone battery.
However, the immune card cannot simply be updated.
In order to be able to document a subsequent vaccination, a new copy must be ordered, for which 7.40 euros are due.
Vaccination certificate without a mobile phone: The immune card can be bought in many pharmacies.
© IMAGO / Karina Hessland
Your own proof of vaccination: Print out the QR code and collect all the important information
According to
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, it is also not that complicated to prove a brand of your own creation.
To do this, the QR code of the Corona warning app or the CovPass app must first be printed out, then cut out and laminated.
In the former, you can press the "More" button for the latest vaccination, while in CovPass you can go to "Show certificates" for the last vaccination. A click on "Create EU printout" will help.
The code can be inserted into a Word document together with the name and the date of birth and vaccination.
Then print it out and you can prove it without a mobile phone.
However, an additional ID document is of course also required here for comparison - such as an identity card.
Vaccination certificate as a screenshot: Via screenshot to the widget
Evidence can also be more quickly to hand on the mobile phone.
Because the vaccination confirmation can be placed as a widget on the home screen.
A screenshot of the QR code is required for this -
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recommends the free app "KWGT Kustom Widget Creator" from the Play Store.
The created photo can be placed accordingly so that it can be presented immediately when the device is started.
However, this is only possible via the Corona warning app.
Because the CovPass does not allow screenshots to be taken under Android.
Video: From February, vaccination certificates without a booster are only valid for nine months
Vaccination records on iPhone: Direct access after unlocking
Since the update to iOS 14, iPhone users have also been able to place widgets on the home screen. A screenshot can be taken from both apps and then placed using the free “Widgetsmith” app. In addition,
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refers to the possibility of placing the screenshot directly on the far left in the widget view. Even when the device is locked, it can be accessed directly with a wiper.
Another solution is the Apple wallet app.
Evidence can also be added here using the “Covid Pass for Apple Wallet” web app.
The proof can be displayed with a double click on the side button.
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obtained the information from the developers
that sensitive data of the cell phone owner would not be viewed even if the app was used.
The Smartwatch for Apple Watch friends also offers this function.
Apple offers automatic calling of evidence in specific locations
And then there would be the function of automatically displaying the evidence on Apple devices as soon as a certain location is entered.
All you need is the free “Pass4Wallet” app.
The variant "Covid-Pass" must be selected and the QR code of the vaccination certificate must be scanned.
Certain locations can then be specified, in the vicinity of which the proof is shown on the lock screen via quick access.
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