Planning to Travel Abroad? Here's a Step-by-step Guide to Link COVID-19 Vaccination Certificate with Passport
3 years, 8 months ago

Planning to Travel Abroad? Here's a Step-by-step Guide to Link COVID-19 Vaccination Certificate with Passport

News 18  

Vaccination drives against the COVID-19 virus are in full swing across the country. In view of this guideline, the Co-WIN portal has introduced an option that enables users to link their vaccination certificates to their passport numbers. A step-by-step guide was also shared by the official Twitter handle of Aarogya Setu App which explains how one can link passport details with vaccination certificates. https://twitter.com/SetuAarogya/status/1408007003868327941 Here are the steps: Step 1: Login to http://cowin.gov.in Step 2: Select the button reading ‘Raise an Issue’ Step 3: Click on the passport option Step 4: From the drop-down menu, select the person Step 5: Enter your passport number correctly Step 6: Submit the application and you will receive the new certificate in seconds In a follow-up tweet, Aarogya Setu App also informed that just in case the name on the certificate does not match with the name on the passport, an individual can request for name correction. https://twitter.com/SetuAarogya/status/1408008945004777472 Earlier this month, the Union Health Ministry had stated that vaccination certificates need to be linked with passport details.

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110 nations have agreed to mutual recognition of Covid-19 vaccination certificates with India: Sources
3 years, 4 months ago

110 nations have agreed to mutual recognition of Covid-19 vaccination certificates with India: Sources

India Today  

As many as 110 countries have agreed to mutual recognition of Covid-19 vaccination certificates with India so far, official sources said on Thursday. At present, 110 countries have agreed to mutual recognition of vaccination certificates and also those who recognise Indian vaccination certificates of travellers fully vaccinated with Covishield/WHO approved/nationally approved Covid vaccines, the official sources said. READ: New Zealand …

96 countries have agreed to accept COVID vaccination certificates with India, says health minister
3 years, 4 months ago

96 countries have agreed to accept COVID vaccination certificates with India, says health minister

Firstpost  

Mansukh Mandaviya said that the countries have agreed to mutually recognise Indian vaccination certificates of travellers fully-vaccinated with Covishield and WHO approved COVID vaccines New Delhi: Ninety-six countries have agreed to mutual recognition of COVID-19 vaccination certificates with India, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Tuesday. “At present, 96 countries have agreed to mutual recognition of vaccination certificates and …

Different rules across nations hurting business travel - Today's Special
3 years, 5 months ago

Different rules across nations hurting business travel - Today's Special

Business Standard  

During his trip to the United States, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that international travel should be made easier through mutual recognition of vaccine certificates. In an oped column for a business daily, National Health Authority Chairman and head of the Cowin app, R S Sharma, wrote that they are planning to release an international version of the vaccination certificate …

COVID-19 vaccination certificates at risk of forgery after discovery of another security flaw
3 years, 6 months ago

COVID-19 vaccination certificates at risk of forgery after discovery of another security flaw

ABC  

The federal government's COVID-19 vaccination certificate can be forged using a widely known technique to bypass the protections. Key points: The protections against editing the PDF vaccination certificate can be bypassed in seconds The protections against editing the PDF vaccination certificate can be bypassed in seconds Security experts warn of booming demand for forged vaccine passports Security experts warn of …

What is a COVID-19 vaccine passport, and do I need one?
3 years, 6 months ago

What is a COVID-19 vaccine passport, and do I need one?

Associated Press  

What is a COVID-19 vaccine passport, and do I need one? “Vaccine passports” are digital or paper documents that show you were vaccinated against COVID-19, and could help you get into a growing number of places. Europe and U.S. states like California and New York created official digital credentials that let you verify your COVID-19 immunization record and convert it …

Here's a look at COVID vaccine passport systems in use overseas
3 years, 7 months ago

Here's a look at COVID vaccine passport systems in use overseas

ABC  

An increasing number of countries are using vaccine passports not only at their borders but also to restrict who can participate in social and cultural activities, and in some cases even employment. The European Union this month implemented a vaccine passport system that allows anyone who is fully vaccinated with any of five Western-made vaccines to travel freely within the …

CoWIN allows users to link vaccine certificate to passports. Here's how to do it
3 years, 8 months ago

CoWIN allows users to link vaccine certificate to passports. Here's how to do it

India Today  

The government’s CoWin portal is now enabling users to link their vaccination certificates to passports for use during travel. “Now, you can update your passport number in your vaccination certificate,” the official handle of Aarogya Setu app tweeted. Select Raise a Issue Select the passport option Select the person from the drop down menu Enter passport number Submit You will …

Travelling abroad? Here's how to link passport details to your COVID-19 vaccination certificate via CoWIN
3 years, 8 months ago

Travelling abroad? Here's how to link passport details to your COVID-19 vaccination certificate via CoWIN

India TV News  

CoWIN is now offering its users to add their Passport number in Covid vaccination certificate. Here’s how you can add passport details in Covid vaccination certificates through CoWIN. Covid-19 Vaccine Certificate: How to add passport details via CoWIN Visit the official portal of CoWin — cowin.gov.in. Covid-19 vaccination certificate: Here’s how to correct personal details online via CoWIN Visit the …

Your Vacation Travel Checklist Must Now Include Vaccine Passport. But, It’s Easier Said than Done
3 years, 9 months ago

Your Vacation Travel Checklist Must Now Include Vaccine Passport. But, It’s Easier Said than Done

News 18  

Vacations the world over have been a mainstay of the middle class. And the standard set of documents that earlier contained the passport, air ticket and VISA is now likely to include a new item: the vaccine passport. Finally, there is a process of linking the vaccination proof to the passport itself—now a ubiquitous travel document, but which took half …

Covid vaccination certificates to be linked to passport of students, people with jobs abroad: Centre
3 years, 9 months ago

Covid vaccination certificates to be linked to passport of students, people with jobs abroad: Centre

Live Mint  

As part of the fresh guidelines for Covid-19 vaccination, the Centre on Monday said those travelling abroad for education, jobs, or as part of the Indian contingent for the Tokyo Olympic games, will have to get their CoWIN vaccination certificates linked to their passport. Asking states to facilitate vaccination of such people, the Union Health Ministry said in a statement, …

Kerala to issue COVID-19 vaccination certificates with passport numbers
3 years, 9 months ago

Kerala to issue COVID-19 vaccination certificates with passport numbers

Deccan Chronicle  

Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government announced on Friday that it will issue COVID vaccination certificates with passport numbers to those persons who require to go abroad for job or studies and need travel clearance. An order issued by the State Health and Family Welfare Department today stated that many countries have stipulated that a valid COVID vaccination certificate is mandatory for …

No consensus yet on ’vaccine passport’ at WHO level, says health ministry
3 years, 10 months ago

No consensus yet on ’vaccine passport’ at WHO level, says health ministry

Live Mint  

There is discussion on vaccine passports but no consensus on it at the level of World Health Organisation and as per the present guidelines people with negative Covid-19 test report can travel, Health Ministry said on Saturday. Answering question on at a briefing on the Covid-19 situation in the country, Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary, Union Health Ministry, said discussions is …

COVID-19 Vaccination Certificate: How to download via Aarogya Setu, CoWIN app
3 years, 10 months ago

COVID-19 Vaccination Certificate: How to download via Aarogya Setu, CoWIN app

India TV News  

The second wave of COVID-19 is presently sweeping across the country at a deadlier and faster pace that has resulted in many people looking to get themselves vaccinate. So, if you are done with taking both first and second vaccine jab of COVID-19, the next thing that is require of you to do is, download the vaccination certificate. Here are …

Covid UK: Domestic vaccine passports not necessary, SAGE psychologist says
3 years, 10 months ago

Covid UK: Domestic vaccine passports not necessary, SAGE psychologist says

Daily Mail  

Professor Stephen Reicher said passports wouldn't be needed if everyone was jabbed Green-lighting domestic Covid vaccine passports would be an admission by ministers that the jab rollout is destined to fail, a Government scientist warned today. Professor Stephen Reicher, a top social psychologist who sits on SAGE, said forcing people to produce jab certificates to enjoy their freedoms would only …

What is a vaccine passport – and where do I get one?
3 years, 10 months ago

What is a vaccine passport – and where do I get one?

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Vaccination certificates will be issued to recipients of any Covid-19 vaccine, but for travel purposes, only “vaccines which received EU …

UK to use a National Health Service phone app as vaccine passport
3 years, 10 months ago

UK to use a National Health Service phone app as vaccine passport

Hindustan Times  

Britain plans to use a National Health Service phone app as its Covid-19 'vaccine passport' certificate that will allow its population to travel internationally this summer, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said on Wednesday. UK to use a National Health Service phone app as vaccine passport Countries around the world are looking at a host of options that will serve as …

Vaccine passports in the UK to be launched by summer, report says
3 years, 11 months ago

Vaccine passports in the UK to be launched by summer, report says

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. According to a report in the Telegraph, a government official told travel bosses on the Tourism Industry Emergency Response Group: …

What is a COVID-19 vaccine passport, and will I need one?
3 years, 11 months ago

What is a COVID-19 vaccine passport, and will I need one?

Associated Press  

What is a COVID-19 vaccine passport, and will I need one? “Vaccine passports,” or vaccine certificates, are documents that show you were vaccinated against COVID-19 or recently tested negative for the virus. In some states, Republican governors have issued orders barring businesses or state agencies from asking people to show proof of vaccination. International travel bans by countries could also …

What is a Covid-19 vaccine passport? Will you need it?
3 years, 11 months ago

What is a Covid-19 vaccine passport? Will you need it?

India Today  

"Vaccine passports," or vaccine certificates, are documents that show you were vaccinated against Covid-19 or recently tested negative for the virus. In some states, Republican governors have issued orders barring businesses or state agencies from asking people to show proof of vaccination. Proof of vaccination or a negative test could be a way for businesses and schools to reassure customers, …

Column: No shoes, no shot, no service. Why vaccine ‘passports’ are a good idea
3 years, 11 months ago

Column: No shoes, no shot, no service. Why vaccine ‘passports’ are a good idea

LA Times  

Are vaccination passports the next step in our COVID-19 battle? After a year of angry battles over lockdowns, mask mandates and vaccinations, a new front has opened in the coronavirus culture war: vaccine “passports.” If you travel overseas this summer, European countries will demand a document proving you’ve been vaccinated or have tested negative. “But that’s a criticism of the …

FAQ: What Is A Vaccine 'Passport,' And What Are These Credentials Used For?
3 years, 11 months ago

FAQ: What Is A Vaccine 'Passport,' And What Are These Credentials Used For?

NPR  

FAQ: What Is A Vaccine 'Passport,' And What Are These Credentials Used For? Enlarge this image toggle caption NY Governor's Press Office via AP NY Governor's Press Office via AP Vaccine "passports" are making headlines and eliciting emergency measures by governors in a handful of states. The order says that "so-called COVID-19 vaccine passports reduce individual freedom and will harm …

What Are Vaccine Passports & Why Are They Becoming Every Traveler's Necessity?
4 years ago

What Are Vaccine Passports & Why Are They Becoming Every Traveler's Necessity?

News 18  

Not just work, travelling too will be witnessing permanent, significant changes in the post pandemic world. Zurab Pololikashvili, secretary general, United Nations World Tourism Organisation, has also called for the global adoption of vaccination passports as part of wider measures for safe resumption of international travel. IATA Travel Pass: The World Health Organisation is developing digital standards for more secure …

What is a COVID-19 vaccine passport? Here are the pros and cons to this unknown, seemingly discriminatory idea
4 years ago

What is a COVID-19 vaccine passport? Here are the pros and cons to this unknown, seemingly discriminatory idea

Firstpost  

As of Thursday, at least 10.17 million people across the EU have been fully vaccinated with two doses — only 2.3 percent of the population. Last month Greece called on Brussels to allow “vaccine certificates” for travel within the EU. Spain, Europe’s most popular summer sun destination, sees vaccine passports as possibly “a very important element to guarantee a safe …

What are ‘vaccine passports’ and should we have them?
4 years ago

What are ‘vaccine passports’ and should we have them?

Al Jazeera  

COVID vaccine passports will be no different to the normal documents you must show to travel to certain countries. If vaccines help protect people from getting sick and ease lockdown measures, I will happily flash a piece of paper confirming I have had my vaccine. With evidence mounting that the COVID-19 vaccines also reduce transmission of the virus, we owe …

‘Vaccine passports’: minister promises certificates for overseas travellers
4 years, 1 month ago

‘Vaccine passports’: minister promises certificates for overseas travellers

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. But speaking to BBC Breakfast, Mr Zahawi said: “If other countries will require a vaccine certificate then I think it’s …

Immunotourism: How Covid vaccines could open up your holiday plans
4 years, 1 month ago

Immunotourism: How Covid vaccines could open up your holiday plans

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Increasingly many countries are introducing “immunotourism” policies that give more freedom to vaccinated travellers – and sometimes to people who …

Vaccine passports for international travel: What’s the idea behind it?
4 years, 1 month ago

Vaccine passports for international travel: What’s the idea behind it?

Live Mint  

With millions being vaccinated against Covid-19 every day, some political and business leaders are suggesting nations can help get life back to normal by rolling out a so-called vaccine passport: an easily accessible and verifiable certification that a person’s been inoculated. At the moment, many countries and airlines require proof that international travelers aren’t infected with SARS-CoV-2, but regulations vary …

‘Digital Covid passport’ linked to vaccine could revive travel
4 years, 3 months ago

‘Digital Covid passport’ linked to vaccine could revive travel

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The airline industry will seek to persuade the new “minister for jabs” that recipients of a …

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