Australian ‘digital seal’ to prove covid vaccine status for travel ‘ready in weeks’
The highly authenticated' digital record will enable international travel and be used by third parties, such as airlines and other countries' customs officials
Technology allowing Australians to travel overseas with an internationally recognised vaccine certificate will be ready within weeks, as the government prepares to announce a plan for the country's borders to finally reopen.
In evidence to the Senate's Covid committee on Thursday, the chief executive of Services Australia, Rebecca Skinner, said the department had developed a visible digital seal for vaccine status that would be ready by the end of October.
Our plan is to have all of the technology in place so that it is a settled and tested situation before the policy decisions need to be made.
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