Gov't battling proliferation of fake vaccination cards, Año says

Interior Secretary Eduardo Año on Friday assures the public that the government is laying down measures to prevent the proliferation of fake vaccination cards being used as travel pass.

At present, Año said, local government units have the option of requiring either a negative RT-PCR test result, or a proof of being fully-vaccinated from visitors to their localities.

He said the Department of Information and Communications Technology is already in the process of encoding information of those fully vaccinated into a system.

"Ginagawa na ng DICT 'yung pag-encode ng lahat ng nabakunahan, 'yung vaccination information system na kung saan doon bibigyan ka ng sarili mong QR code, unique 'yun, 'yun 'yung dala-dala mo, pagka ini-scan 'yun sa LGU na pinuntahan mo, makikita bakunado ka na at hindi 'yun mape-peke," Año said in an interview on Super Radyo dzBB.

(The DICT is encoding information of those vaccinated. Under the vaccination information system, each will be given a QR code, you just have to scan it when you go to a local area. Individual vaccination status can be verified through it.)

"Pangalawa, kung wala kang high tech na telepono o walang signal doon, ipi-print mo lang 'yun," he added.

(You can also print this QR code if your phone is not that techy or there's a signal problem in the area.)

Meanwhile, DILG Assistant Secretary Odilon Pasaraba said the national government is also studying the possibility of having unified vaccination cards.

"Pinag-a-aralan din ito ng miyembo ng IATF para sa gayon harmonized at synchronized ang paggamit, pagrekognisa ng ating vaccination cards," he said at a Laging Handa press briefing.

(Members of the IATF are studying the possibility of having a unified vaccination card.) —LBG, GMA News