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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

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

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

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