Pablo de Leon
04/02/2021 13:28
Clarín.com
Politics
Updated 04/02/2021 1:28 PM
The Argentine government is launching a digital vaccination credential that those who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 may have.
At a time when the doses arriving in the country reach 6,990,000 doses, the Alberto Ángel Fernández administration implements this credential that can be used as a document within the country and soon as a health passport for international travel.
The intention of this
"Virus Passport"
is to be obtained through the "My Argentina" platform, where the vaccination credential against COVID-19 that originates from the data uploaded in the Federal Register of Nominalized Vaccination ( NOMIVAC).
Thus, any person who has received the COVID-19 vaccine and has a user in that application,
will be able to view their credential with the essential data such as the name of the vaccine, batch, the establishment where it was applied
, the doses received and the dates corresponding to each one.
But for this project to have a path, it is necessary for the vaccination plan to grow in volume: several million doses are expected in April, with 2 million more from China and the delayed massive shipments of AztraZeneca's Argentine-Mexican co-production.
Currently, "My Argentina" has 7 million users and in addition to the vaccination card, which will be found in the "My documents" section, citizens can link to the app their digital ID, driving record, car insurance, Green and blue identification card, ART credential, CUIL certificate, the international access symbol for people with disabilities, medical cannabis credential, nautical license, aeronautical license, the certificate of circulation and the Summer Certificate.
The
results of a PCR in the application, the vaccination cards for sons and daughters
and the registration of the registration of doctors will
also be integrated into "My Argentina"
.
The Government launches a "COVID Passport" style credential for those who are vaccinated.
And that will serve for events or trips
This method is already implemented, for example, in New York State.
There, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the implementation of the "Excelsior Pass", a free and voluntary digital application that verifies that the person is vaccinated against COVID-19
With this application
, an attempt is made to implement a method for the reopening of sports stadiums, which is used in restaurants
and other businesses.
New York is the first state in the United States to formally apply a digital passport for Covid-19.
Also in China this type of application was created.
China Digital Health Certificate - A "Virus Passport".
AFP photo
This vaccination card will also be key for the tourism issue.
When vaccination progresses, both in Argentina and in other countries, it
will serve as a passport for ticket reservations, access to airports and entry to other nations.
It is also used for the teaching record of vaccination and to obtain a map with the vaccination records province by province.
The plan is carried out from the Cabinet Headquarters, directed by Santiago Cafiero, through the Secretariat of Public Innovation.
Its owner, Micaela Sánchez Malcolm, told Clarín that "for the first time, we have a unified and digital registry of all the people who were actually given the vaccine."
According to Sánchez Malcolm, today there is no protocol that establishes a requirement to carry out a specific activity with this application.
"But it is at the disposal of the Ministry of Health for when it defines it to be put into practice."
For that, we will have to wait for the vaccine to reach many millions of Argentines, who are awaiting the millions of doses that the Government has committed but which, so far,
only reach the 7 million vaccines that have arrived in the country.
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