Vaccine passports will be a reality beginning Monday, May 17, 2021, in the U.K. The passports will work with a smartphone app; for those who don’t have a smartphone, a paper confirmation can be requested.
The passports coincide with when the ban on foreign travel is lifted. Once it’s fully instituted, the app will serve several purposes beyond a passport. The National Health Service’s technology department has been working on “tweaking the app so that vaccine data is pulled out of medical records and shown on a separate screen that can be presented to officials,” The Times reported.
Eventually people will be able to use the app to refill prescriptions, book doctors’ appointments and to access a person’s medical records, the NHS said.
SOURCE: The Times May 11, 2021