When it comes to travel in 2021, you may need to remember to bring Two passports.
Several companies are developing “passport” applications that can guarantee a person’s coronavirus vaccine and are testing the condition. The check could then be used to travel by plane or attend large gatherings, such as concerts, CNN reported.
One such passport, developed by the Common Trust Network, is the partnership with airlines such as JetBlue, United, Virgin Atlantic, Swiss Air Lines, Cathay Pacific and Lufthansa, and hundreds of health systems in the United States and Aruba.
Called the CommonPass app, users can upload a COVID-19 test result or, finally, evidence from a medical professional that they have received both doses of the vaccine.
Instead of disclosing personal information, the application would generate a certificate in the form of a QR code that could be scanned by flight attendants or security personnel. The application will also list the health requirements at the destination of departure and arrival of the traveler.
“You can be tested every time you cross a border. You can’t be vaccinated every time you cross a border, “said Commons Project spokesman Thomas Crampton.
They are not the only ones looking to the future of the congregation in a narrow space. IBM is developing a Digital Health Pass, which would allow venues to set health requirements for entry, such as a negative test, vaccination, and a temperature check. The results will be stored in a digital wallet.
Some companies are also developing a smart card that can store credentials for those who don’t have smartphones.
“It simply came to our notice then [about] how those digital credentials can be stored can be presented, not only through smartphones, but also in other ways for those people who do not have stable internet access and also who do not have smartphones ”, Lucy Yang , explained the COVID-19 accreditation initiative. “We look at it and there are companies that do a very promising job.
Although they will be efficient in communicating information, there is no way to know if passports will make the trip safer.
“We still don’t know if vaccinated people can transmit the infection or not,” Dr. Julie Parsonnet, an infectious disease specialist at Stanford University, told CNN.
“Until this is clarified, we will not know if the ‘passports’ will be effective.”