New York has become the first state to issue a “vaccine passport” that can be used to access certain places.
Called Excelsior Pass, the passport will be available in a phone app in the form of a QR code that can be scanned to show that the owner has been vaccinated, USA Today reported Friday.
Governor Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo New York launches the country’s first “vaccine passport” The history of Cuomo’s tests is controversial for the CNN anchor executive with ties to Governor Cuomo received the first tests of COVID-19 on the first wave: MORE report (D) is expected to announce the new initiative on Friday.
ADVERTISING
The pass will be used in entertainment venues and will increase the size of people for events such as weddings.
Other countries included Denmark they have already started implementing their own vaccine passports.
The state is funding the app for New York and it has been built on IBM’s digital Health Pass platform, USA Today reported.
The United States vaccinates 2 million people a day and President Biden
Joe Biden: Democrats see Georgia as an open salvation in the MLB voting war could move Georgia’s All-Star game after controversial new electoral restrictions. Biden fired most members of the DHS MORE advisory board this week he increased his goal of reaching at least 200 million people in the first dose in his first 100 days.
It is unclear whether vaccine passports will be developed nationwide or accepted by many Americans, as some are not yet willing to get the coronavirus vaccine.