A few days after South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that the Department of Health would begin rolling out digital vaccination certificates and a few weeks after Health Minister Joe Phaahla claimed that the vaccine passes would be made available “soon” the South African government has launched a website were vaccinated individuals can receive their digital vaccine certificates.
“The Department of Health should be rolling out a vaccination certificate which will provide a secure and a verifiable proof of vaccination certificate which can be used to facilitate travel to access establishments and gatherings and other forms of activity that require proof of vaccination,” the president said at the time.
“This will also go a long way towards getting a number of international travel restrictions [lifted] both from and into our country,” Ramaphosa continued.
The Official South African COVID-19 Vaccine Certificate System Portal is now live and can be found here.
The portal lists that the only requirement for getting a digital vaccine certificate is to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Continue reading
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