Forbes: “Can Verifiable Credentials Be The Key To Safely Reopening The Economy?”
As of February 18, the global coronavirus cases stood at 110.2 million, with a death toll of 2.42 million. With public health authorities and governments endeavouring to get ahead of the virus,…
CBC: “COVID-19 vaccine passports must address privacy, equity concerns, say experts”
As more countries look to adopt digital COVID-19 vaccine passports, one American tech expert says the certificates should be developed using a “privacy-preserving approach.” “There’s a lot of us who have deep…
Working Together On What “Good” Looks Like
On Tuesday, the Good Health Pass Collaborative (GHPC) launched. This initiative is intended to define, in the context of test results and vaccination records for opening up borders for travel and commerce,…
MIT Technology Review: “The UK’s covid app made a serious difference during the winter surge”
The news: Researchers in the UK have calculated that its contact tracing app may have prevented around 600,000 cases of covid-19. The announcement is good news for the system—which underwent serious teething…
The Healthy: “What’s a Vaccine Passport and Do You Need One?”
So you got the Covid-19 vaccine. Is it a ticket to take a trip wherever you want? Some tourist destinations say yes, as the concept of a “vaccine passport” circulates around the…
A Path Towards Interoperability: CCI Released a Paper on Different Flavors of Verifiable Credentials
Following the letter last week to the Biden Administration, the COVID-19 Credentials Initiative (CCI) is releasing “Verifiable Credentials Flavors Explained”, a mini white paper written by CCI’s Ecosystems Director, Kaliya Young, also…
So-called vaccine passports, a person’s proof of vaccination, could enable travel and entry into spaces in the months ahead. The COVID-19 Credentials Initiative (CCI) is hosted by Linux Foundation Public Health (LFPH)…
Project Herald Joins LFPH to Add Non-GAEN Option for Exposure Notification Technologies
Today, the Linux Foundation Public Health (LFPH) Technical Advisory Council (TAC) voted to accept Herald, a VMware-originated project, as the fourth LFPH-hosted project. Herald joins COVID Green and COVID Shield, which were…
The New York Times: “Coming Soon: The ‘Vaccine Passport’”
“Everybody who has traveled internationally to countries that require vaccination against malaria, diphtheria and other things has had yellow cards,” said Brian Behlendorf, executive director of Linux Foundation Public Health, a technology-focused organization…
The New York Times: “Covid-19 Live Updates: As U.S. Vaccinations Speed Up, Cautious Optimism Grows”
“Parents with kids in public school have had to prove their kids have been vaccinated. This is not something new,” said Brian Behlendorf, executive director of Linux Foundation Public Health, an open-source,…