Everything You Need to Know about Vaccine Passports
Smart TravelThere are several different companies experimenting with digital health passes and ultimately, which app you use may all depend on what airline you are flying on and/or what country you are traveling to. Here are some of the digital health passes currently in use by airlines:
IATA Travel Pass
The IATA travel pass is currently in trials and has four components: registry of health requirements, which gives you the ability to look up what the COVID-19 requirements are for the country you are traveling to; registry of testing/vaccination centers; lab results; and the travel pass portion, which will allow you to verify you have been vaccinated. This is currently being tested on 27 airlines including Emirates, Japan Airlines, Swiss, and Virgin Atlantic.
VeriFly
American Airlines and British Airways have implemented VeriFly for verification of health records to select destinations from the U.S. Although the use of VeriFly is limited for travel from the U.S, both airlines, along with Iberian Airlines, are using the app for international travel into the U.S.
CommonPass
CommonPass is currently being used for flights on JetBlue to Aruba. Use one of two testing providers (Vault or XpresCheck) to get tested for COVID-19 within 72 hours of your flight. After you get tested, download CommonPass, enter a code provided by JetBlue and select the lab you used, and your negative test result will appear on your phone, all set for your trip to Aruba.
CLEAR Health Pass
Vaccine validation is listed as “coming soon” on its website, but currently you are able to integrate test results from over 30,000 labs. United and Delta are using CLEAR for flights from Los Angeles (LAX) to Honolulu (HNL). With a negative COVID-19 test, you can bypass the 14-day quarantine rule once you arrive in Hawaii. While airline usage of CLEAR Health Pass is limited, it is also being used at sporting venues, restaurants, and the 9/11 Memorial in New York City for entrance clearance.
Will I Need a Digital Health Pass to Travel?
The straight answer is: we don’t know, but it’s likely. While countries are eager to get tourism hopping again, they aren’t eager to have any setbacks in finally having COVID-19 under control. Digital health passes will be an easy and efficient way to ensure tourists entering won’t be bringing yet another wave to their country. Within the U.S., even with the new guidelines from the CDC, some states may require you to show proof of vaccination before entering. Five states have banned the use of vaccine passports: Florida, Idaho, Texas, Utah, and Montana, so chances are it may be an uneven entry into the world of digital health passes.
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... New Hampshire?
Maybe this just means they use a Federal system instead?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/06/12/coronavirus-vaccine-state-immunization-registries/5321892002/
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All states except New Hampshire have their own immunization registries. Some counties and cities also have their own, such as New York City and San Diego. Including U.S. territories such as America Samoa, there are 62 such registries.
Adding coronavirus vaccines shouldn’t be a heavy lift for most, said Coyle.
There are well over 200,000 health care provider sites already connected to the registries, so reporting vaccinations won't be out of the routine for them. But it will be new for many facilities such as nursing homes and other locations that haven’t reported immunizations to a registry before, she said.
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Approved Covid vaccine administrators are required to report it to Ohio's Dept. of Health. That's what I know at this point. Overly-complicated mess, nationwide, of course.
https://www.ohiopublichealthreporting.info/Enrollment/FileSystem/HL7/Public_Instructions_to_access_ImpactSIIS_record.pdf
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COVID-19 vaccine providers in Ohio are required to report patient information into the ImpactSIIS system
when the COVID-19 vaccine is administered. If you have received the COVID-19 vaccine in Ohio, your
information should be in the system.
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People who think they're "clever" with fake Covid vaccine cards will be out of luck if government records are needed for verification. Like a fake Social Security card without a SSA record to support it.
