The Sunday Mail
Online Reporter
THE Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) has started the process of decentralising the activation of QR (Quick Response) codes on Covid-19 vaccination certificates.
In a statement on Thursday, MoHCC Permanent Secretary Dr Jasper Chimedza said the use of QR codes on vaccination certificates is in line with international travel requirements.
“Due to the threat posed by the Covid-19 pandemic and the need to urgently roll out the vaccination programme, the latest Covid-19 vaccination certificates were issued with pre-printed QR codes that are blank and require to be activated by loading electronic data onto them,” reads the statement.
“The ministry has now commenced an exercise to activate these QR codes which are now a requirement for travel to some countries.
“However, given that the number of people who have received at least the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine to date is now exceeding five million, we are currently reserving this functionality to individuals travelling out of the country, while plans are being made to open this up to the greater public.”
Activation centres have been set up in all 10 provinces in the country.
