So, just what is a health passport? Is it like my regular passport?
A health passport, also called a vaccine passport, is an immunization record proving that a person has been inoculated against a certain virus or disease.
If you travel to South America or Africa, you may already have a health passport. This is proof of yellow fever vaccination.
While paper health passports have worked for decades, fast forward to today and technological improvements.
We now have digital health passports. These prove a means to conveniently store your vaccination info online. You can then share it electronically with those who need to see it.
How will this work? It acts similar to your regular passport. Instead of proof of identification, this provided standardized information about your health, including your vaccination certificates and most importantly your COVID-19 test results.
You would not have to worry about losing your paper card proving your vaccinations. You also would not have to worry about someone using your card, or fraud.
Is it here yet? No. According to The Points Guy, though, strides are being made to streamline the traveler experience.
Stay tuned.