MANILA, Philippines — The government is considering including domestic travel in the coverage of COVID-19 vaccine passports it will issue to individuals vaccinated against coronavirus, an official from the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said Wednesday. Hindi ko lang ididiscuss ngayon pero kailangan talaga ‘yan kasi we are going to create vaccine passports for international sea, and air travel, and possibly contemplating on domestic travel,” Caintic said. (I know you are having a hard time completing the data, but this is important because we will create vaccine passports for international sea and air travel, and possibly on domestic travel.) 8280, or the Vaccination Passport Act, which seeks the issuance of vaccine passports for those who will receive vaccine shots against COVID-19 and other infectious diseases. The country has so far administered over 5.2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine as of May 31.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer June 02, 2021 05:03 UTC