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Berlin / Brussels (dpa) - Before the summer vacation, people in Germany should be able to prove that they are completely vaccinated using a smartphone app.
This was reported on Wednesday from government circles.
The digital certificate is intended to give those affected the opportunity to quickly and forgery-proof proof that they have been fully vaccinated and therefore can again make use of certain basic rights, for example when traveling on vacation.
The certificates should not be stored centrally on a server, but rather on the user's smartphone.
In addition to the entry in the analogue yellow vaccination certificate, people who do not have a smartphone receive a printout of the digitally readable vaccination certificate as a QR code on paper.
Even if the smartphone is lost or changed, the certificate can be read into the cell phone again using the printed QR code.
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The digital vaccination certificates are to be issued in the vaccination centers and medical practices.
The federal government is currently looking for a method by which people who have already been fully vaccinated can receive their certificate retrospectively.
The federal government is also still discussing whether corona infections that have been overcome should also be assessed as complete vaccination protection.
It was said that one was still dependent on research results.
As previously stated in the Official Journal of the European Union, the digital vaccination certificate will be created in Germany under the leadership of the American technology group IBM.
Also involved are the Cologne start-up Ubirch, the Swabian IT service provider Bechtle and Govdigital, a cooperative association of ten IT service providers from the public sector.
Similar to the official corona warning app of the federal government, the development of the system is to be programmed as an open source project and made transparent.
The vaccination certificate should then be stored either in the Corona warning app or in a separate application programmed by IBM.
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Contrary to the concepts originally discussed, the solution should not rely on the encryption technology of so-called blockchains, but on traditional encryption technology.
The German vaccination pass should be compatible with the Covid certificate, which is currently being worked on at the EU level.
The EU states had set their position for negotiations with the European Parliament on Wednesday, as the German press agency learned from diplomatic circles.
The document is intended to record vaccinations, the results of approved tests and information on survived infections and to be recognized throughout the EU.
Especially holiday countries like Greece or Spain, whose economies are heavily dependent on tourism, had advocated this.
The certificate should be issued free of charge, as can be seen from the position of the EU states.
The countries should be able to decide for themselves which advantages - such as quarantine exemption - the EU states grant.
The respective countries should also determine for themselves whether they also recognize vaccinations with preparations that are only approved in certain countries but not in the entire EU - for example the Russian Sputnik V. The rules should initially apply for twelve months.
The European Parliament could finalize its position at the end of the month, after which negotiations with the EU states should begin.
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