All systems ready, VaxCertPH set to be launched in September

The government is targeting to start the issuance of digital coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination certificates to fully inoculated individuals by early September, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said.

The portal for the issuance of COVID-19 vaccination certificates to fully vaccinated individuals is ready to go live by September, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said Thursday.

Interviewed on Laging Handa, DICT Undersecretary Emmanuel Caintic said the agency, in coordination with the Department of Health (DOH), is targeting to launch the “VaxCertPH” on the first week of September.

“Okay na ang system. Handa na siya at naka-integrate na sa World Health Organization countries,” Caintic said.

(The system is ready and already integrated into World Health Organization countries.)

The DICT official said the agency is just making sure that local government units (LGUs) operators are properly trained in collecting and submitting their constituents’ vaccination data.

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DICT Undersecretary Emmanuel Rey Caintic said the electronic certificates could be used by outbound travelers as proof of full inoculation against COVID-19.

It will be “free, safe and secure,” he said. It also complies with international standards of the World Health Organization.

“Para po ito sa mga Pilipino na nabakunahan dito pati rin po mga banyaga na nabakunahan dito,” Caintic said.

He said holders of digital vaccination certificates would benefit from quarantine requirements set by their destination countries when they travel.