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ICAO releases global list of public keys to support seamless digital health pass authentication

By Tom Phillips • 3 February 2022 • Updated 3 February 2022 • nfcw.com
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) logo

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has published its first Health Master List to support “more efficient and secure authentication for traveller health certificates, including vaccination and test certificates”... More


French government investigates fake Covid-19 vaccination certificates

By Tom Phillips • 17 December 2021 • Updated 17 December 2021 • nfcw.com
French Covid-19 vaccination certificates on smartphone with qr code illustration

As many as 110,000 fake digital and paper-based Covid-19 vaccination and test certificates are in circulation in France and more than 400 separate investigations into the generation of fraudulent ‘pass sanitaire’ health passes are underway, France’s Ministry of the Interior has revealed... More


California releases code for digital Covid-19 vaccine records to support deployment in other US states

By Tom Phillips • 13 September 2021 • Updated 13 September 2021 • nfcw.com
Smart Health Card QR code for Covid-19 vaccine records

California has released the code for both the front end and middle tier of its Digital Covid-19 Vaccine Record into the public domain to enable other US states to deploy their own digital vaccination record systems more quickly... More


Research identifies lack of global standards as key barrier to implementing Covid-19 health status certificates

By Tom Phillips • 3 September 2021 • Updated 3 September 2021 • nfcw.com
Covid-19 health status certificates on smartphones graphic

A research paper published by the University of Exeter in the UK identifies the lack of global standards as one of the key barriers to the successful implementation of digital and paper-based Covid-19 health status certificates worldwide... More


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