The city government of Davao will pilot test the digital Covid-19 vaccination certificate to Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), people traveling abroad, and travelers arriving in Davao City.
The city plans to launch digital vaccination certificates for those individuals planning to travel abroad since countries are now requiring people entering their territory to be fully vaccinated. It will also serve as proof that an individual has completed the required two doses of the anti-Covid-19 vaccine.
“The Davao City ICT team is already working on it pero as of the moment ang pinaka target nato is katong mga OFWs and people traveling abroad and going inside Davao City. Sila ang pinaka unang maka-benefit ana. Naa nay gamay na lang ang i-polish para ma-complete na ang pag issue sa vaccination certificate. This will be pilot tested sa atoang mga OFWs muna,” said Dr. Michelle Schlosser, spokesperson of the Davao City Covid-19 Task Force on Wednesday.
Last month, the national government began implementing its digital Covid-19 vaccination certificate system for OFWs and residents traveling abroad in Metro Manila and Baguio City.
VaxCertPH, which is the name of the portal and mobile app, aims to provide all Filipinos with a digital vaccine certificate that can be verified as authentic by a centralized government database.
VaxCertPH was developed by the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT).
The LGUs are tasked to submit the list of vaccinees through the Vaccine Information Management System (VIMS).
