People will officially be issued vaccine passports, so what is it?
Since March 30, 2022, the Ministry of Health has issued vaccine passports to more than 1,000 subjects injected at Bach Mai Hospital. It is known that in the next week, the Ministry of Health will issue a document directing the issuance of vaccine passports to people.
Next week, people will be issued with vaccine passports
Vaccine passport is understood as a certificate of vaccination against COVID-19 or/and a certificate of recovery from COVID-19. Vaccine passports are used to prove an individual’s history of vaccinations and cures, and are not a substitute for other valid entry and exit documents such as passports, visas, national travel documents. passports, passports, temporary residence cards, permanent residence cards, visa exemption certificates… Foreign vaccine passports are considered valid and can be used directly in the territory of Vietnam if officially recognized or temporarily time by the Government of Vietnam.
Holders of vaccine passports from these countries entering Vietnam and from Vietnam to these countries may apply the same medical measures as those who have been vaccinated in their home country. This recognition includes exemption from the consular certification/legalization procedure when using this document in the receiving country.
Recently, the Ministry of Health has just issued Decision No. 5772/QD-BYT, dated December 20, 2021 on promulgating the form and the process of issuing “vaccine passports” that are applied uniformly at all facilities. vaccination nationwide. Accordingly, a “vaccine passport” is issued to people who have had 2 full shots with 8 vaccines licensed by the Ministry of Health. The “Vaccine Passport” certificate is issued using QR code format. After this period expires, the system will automatically generate a new QR code. Vietnam’s vaccine passport QR code uses standards issued by WHO and EU.
Holders of vaccine passports of these countries entering Vietnam and those of Vietnam entering these countries are entitled to the same medical measures as those who have been vaccinated in their home country.
In order to ensure the right to be granted a “Vaccine Passport”, people first need to see information about vaccination on the electronic health book application or PC-Covid to determine the vaccination data that has been vaccinated by the facilities. whether the system has been updated or not. If the information is correct, in the next week, people will receive the vaccine passport on the electronic health book application, PC-Covid or on the website of the Ministry of Health.
For people who do not have information on vaccinations on the National Immunization System, people need to submit a report to the National Immunization System for updated data or contact the vaccination facility directly for information. update. If there is no data on the system, no vaccine passport will be issued.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ announcement, as of March 17, 17 countries have accepted Vietnam’s vaccine passports, including the United States of America, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Japan, Australia, and Belarus. , India, Philippines, Cambodia, Maldives, Palestine, Turkey, Egypt, Sri Lanka, New Zealand, Singapore, Saint Lucia and South Korea.
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