The Vital Importance of Proof of Health Status Interoperability

Learning from the COVID-19 pandemic response, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has recognised that there is a gap and continued need for a health status passport.

And so, it has launched the Global Digital Health Certification Network (GDHCN) – a global mechanism that can support bilateral verification of the provenance of health documents for pandemic preparedness and continuity of care.

Standardisation and interoperability

In the middle of March 2021, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, introduced draft legislation proposing an EU Digital COVID Certificate (EU DCC) to facilitate safe free movement inside the EU during the pandemic. The EU DCC would serve as an assurance that a person had been vaccinated against COVID, received a negative test result or recently recovered from COVID.