PASIG CITY, (PIA) -- Makati Mayor Abby Binay assured that the city’s vaccination card is safe and has unique security features that make it ideal for use as a vaccine passport by fully-vaccinated residents and employees in traveling to places outside Metro Manila.

“The Makati COVID-19 vaccination card has a QR code that establishments and medical facilities can scan to see a person’s vaccination status and for contact tracing purposes,” Mayor Abby said.

Binay said that the city government had applied technology to make the card tamper-proof and impossible to replicate, as part of advance preparations for the nationwide vaccine rollout that began last March.

She also explained that a holographic sticker with a unique code has been added that can not be replicated or forged.

“For good measure, we added a holographic sticker with a unique code that cannot be replicated or forged. It only becomes visible under blue light.”  

The local chief executive also said that the city government recognized early on the potential of the card as a game-changer through easing travel restrictions and promoting freedom of movement of fully vaccinated individuals.

“We knew from the start that COVID-19 vaccination cards would become an essential part of our daily lives. We wanted to do it right the first time, so we came up with a card that is both functional and reliable,”

Mayor Binay added that the security features embedded in the city-issued vaccination cards make them highly reliable as a vaccine passport.

“I can assure you that you need not worry when a Makatizen, that is a resident or an employee of a Makati-based company or establishment, bearing our vaccination card visits your place.” (My Makati/PIA-NCR)