By Pearl Gumapos
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) on Thursday (Aug. 19) said the upcoming digital vaccination card may be used in place of the yellow card being given by the Bureau of Quarantine (BOQ).
“Kagandahan ng digital certificate ay makakasigurado ang ibang bansa na ito ay issued by the country’s ministry of health. Ito na po ang panibagong standard ng World Health Organization,” DICT Undersecretary Manny Caintic said during the Laging Handa public briefing.
Said certificate may be availed through a portal that will be accessible to the public.
“Tinuturuan po natin ang mga LGUs ngayon kung paano matulungan ang kanilang constituents sa pagkuha at pag-ayos ng kanilang mga datos,” Caintic said.
In assuring the protection of data, Caintic said the information that will be used in the digital vaccination certificate will be handled by only one agency, DOH.
‘Yung ating vaccine information data ay talagang iisa lang ang source at ito ay prinoproteksyonan namin. Ang pag-issue ng vaccine certificate ay privately encrypted at ito ay hawak ng DOH,” he said.
Caintic said the targeted release of the certificate is in the first week of September.
“Ngayon po, ang aming inaalala lagi ay gusto namin magkaroon ng sapat na training ang ating mga LGUs para hindi sila mabulaga kung biglang dagsain ng mga tanong ng ating mamamayan,” he said. -rir
