A unified Covid-19 health passport will be discussed at a GCC health officials meeting next week, according to a top Omani official.

Dr. Saif Salim Al Abri, Director-General of Disease Control and Surveillance noted that GCC countries will discuss a unified Gulf health passport, in addition to travel and movement between GCC countries.

A certificate – green ‘COVID-19 Vaccinated’ shield – will be issued to vaccinated people with the user’s name, date of birth, nationality and which vaccine they received.

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This will help authorities to verify the validity of users by scanning a QR code which is linked to a national vaccine register.

Bahrain is one of the first countries in the world to launch a digital Covid-19 vaccine passport

SOURCE: GULFINSIDER