As the COVID-19 vaccine began to spread in the United States, Los Angeles County developed a new way to get its residents to prove they took the vaccine. Residents can now add the COVID-19 vaccination voucher in the Apple Wallet app and in Google Pay for Passes.
As reported by Bloomberg, this integration was made possible thanks to a partnership between Los Angeles County and startup Healthvana, which specializes in delivering test results to patients for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, and now the company is doing the same for COVID-19 test results.
The main idea of the virtual card is to use it to remind people to take the second dose of the vaccine, except to explain who has already taken the two doses. Since this card can be easily obtained on your phone, it also works as proof that you have taken the COVID-19 vaccine.
It will also provide recipients with a way to verify that they have been vaccinated, which could put them in an Apple Wallet or competing Google platform “to prove to airlines, to prove schools, to prove to whoever it is” need, “said Healthvana’s CEO. Ramin Bastani.
Last week, Los Angeles County broke its record of COVID-19 deaths, doing everything in its power to spread the vaccines as quickly as possible, said Claire Jarashow, director of vaccine disease control at the Department of Public Health. . .
Of course, for those unfamiliar with technology, there is still a paper card to track the vaccines they have received. At the same time, there are concerns about such data being stored online due to possible compromises of personal information, but Healthvana says the company stores everything as securely as possible on Amazon Web Services servers that are compliant with HIPAA.
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