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Govt issues vaccination passport

ZIMBABWE has started issuing a specialised electronic Covid-19 vaccination card with security features that shall be used for traveling purposes outside the country.

Members of the public who get vaccinated against Covid-19 will get the physical card that has a barcode for electronic use in case they decide to travel outside the country and prove that they have been vaccinated. The electronic component will contain details on when the vaccine was administered, type of vaccine and place of vaccination. Besides the code which can be scanned for verification of details contained in the physical card, the new card has an invisible coat of arms, watermarked security paper, micro text underground, among other features.

The card will be uploaded into an application linking it to an electronic record. — The