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WISeKey Launches Digital Vaccination Certificates Platform VaccineTrusts.com, to be Used as a Proof of Evidence for Those Who Have Received Coronavirus Vaccine
ZUG, Switzerland - March 15, 2021 - WISeKey International Holding ( WISeKey , SIX: WIHN, NASDAQ: WKEY), a leading cybersecurity IoT company, today announced that it has released the VaccineTrusts platform based on its PKI Digital Certification technology.
The VaccineTrusts integrates Digital Vaccination Certificates (DVC) issued by different third trusted parties and is to be used as a proof of evidence for those who have received the coronavirus vaccines. WISeKey will be announcing in the near future countries joining its VaccineTrusts platform. Vaccine passports, also known as vaccine certificates, have been recently and important vaccine verification solution as countries worldwide roll out their mass vaccination programs. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has called for a global standard to securel
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he Situation: With COVID-19 vaccination campaigns underway throughout Europe, employers are now evaluating how the availability of vaccines may impact their own workforce, including whether they can make vaccination mandatory, inquire or request proof of employee vaccination status, incentivize the workforce to get vaccinated, and/or engage in campaigns to educate the workforce about COVID-19 vaccines.
The Result: While vaccination is currently voluntary throughout Europe, employers legal ability to require proof of vaccination, incentivize vaccinations in their workforce, and take other actions related to employee vaccinations varies by country. European employers generally are permitted to encourage vaccination and provide workforce education on vaccinations to their workforces.
Explained: How ‘Vaccine Passports’ Would Work, Benefits & Concerns
Israel has introduced its avatar of a vaccine passport. WHO, however, has advised not to make it mandatory.
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As the mammoth task of COVID-19 vaccination is being carried out, people in India and the rest of the world are hoping life will gradually limp back to normal. The passport to a world as it was before the virus struck is a passport a ‘vaccine passport’.
Except, it’s not really a passport. Countries around the world, the World Health Organisation, private organisations, and technology companies have been mulling over the idea of a certification system that allows people with proper documentation of vaccination access to travel, leisure activities, gyms, hotels, and workplaces.
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The vaccination is amazingly effective, Israel’s health experts find, as nearly 5 million received their first anti-covid-19 jabs by Monday, March 7, and more than 3,5 million their second. The Health Ministry reported that in the past six weeks, infection among two-shot vaccination cases had dropped to less than 1pc, and their symptoms were mild enough to avoid hospital care. “This amazing success is not just visible in clinical trials, but in the real world,” said Prof. Gala Rahav, head of infectious disease at the Sheba Medical Center.
Nevertheless, some trepidation accompanied the third stage of Israel’s “return to normal” on Sunday, albeit under health restrictions, lest it trigger a fresh surge. Coronavirus director Prof. Nahman Ash warned that a fourth lockdown could not yet be ruled out – even possibly in time to cast a pall over the March 23 election and the Passover festival five days later. It is up to every individua, he said, to take responsibil