Everything we know about the NHS Covid vaccine passport app

Everything we know about the NHS Covid vaccine passport app

Vaccine passports look set to become a part of our daily lives as an important way to show whether we’ve been vaccinated. The technology is controversial and has attracted scepticism as well as outright opposition from privacy campaigners. The Government is preparing to launch its Covid Vaccine Status scheme from Monday. Here’s everything we know about how it will work: What is a vaccine passport? A vaccine passport should allow travellers who have had a jab , and therefore are likely to have strong immunity against coronavirus, to travel more easily. Some countries have made having a vaccine or a recent test a prerequisite for entry. A so-called vaccine passport allows users to show an official document, physical or digital, that confirms they are jabbed. The UK is planning to add a Covid Vaccine Status form to the official NHS app - not the NHS Covid 19 app - from May 17. How do I download the NHS app? The official NHS app is available to download for most major smartphones. The app you’ll need to download to access the vaccine passport scheme is simply called “NHS app”. The contact tracing app, called NHS COVID 19, is separate and will