Friday, January 15, 2021

Microsoft helping create COVID-19 vaccination 'passport'

Microsoft is part of a coalition of technology and health organizations working on the development of a digital COVID-19 vaccination passport that could be used by businesses and countries to enforce mandatory inoculation.

Announced Thursday, the Vaccination Credential Initiative aims to enable people to "demonstrate their health status to safely return to travel, work, school and life while protecting their data privacy," the Financial Times reported

Oracle and the Mayo Clinic also are part of the coalition, which is working with technology created by The Commons Project in partnership with the Rockefeller Foundation.

People who have been vaccinated for the coronavirus currently receive a piece of paper to document their vaccination, Paul Meyer, the chief executive of The Commons Project, told the Financial Times. (Read More)