CORTES, Bohol, Feb. 12 (PIA) -- An updated vaccination certificate (VaxCert) with new features is now available.
VaxCert, or better known as VaxCertPH, is the digital vaccination certificate for Filipinos and even non-Filipinos vaccinated in the Philippines which can be used for domestic and international travel, as it complies with the World Health Organization’s guidelines on the Digital Documentation of COVID-19 certificates.
Now made into a centralized database of all vaccination lists from different local government units (LGUs) simultaneously doing vaccination operations, the data, when uploaded, gets into the government’s Vaccine Information management System at the VaxCert portal.
In Bohol, while the full implementation of the computer-generated and Department of Health (DOH) authenticated vaccination certificate is still put on hold for connectivity and updating issues, the earlier executive order mandating the use of the vaccination certificate has pushed several vaccinated individuals to generate their certificates from the vaxcert.doh.gov.ph website.
In several instances, where LGUs' vaccination teams failed to update their vaccination data in real time, requests for the vaccine certificate stalled, keeping many from traveling for inability to generate the said document.
This pushed local officials to temporarily suspend the vaccination certificate and allow the use of the vaccination cards instead as proof of vaccination for travel and entry to some business establishments that demand vaccination of their patrons.
The VaxCert bears a unique QR code, can be scanned through a QR Code scanner and the validation of the document and its bearer is fast and always accurate, according to border control officials.
The introduction of the booster shot, however, demands an update for the old vaccination certificate.
For those who have already generated their vaccination certificates before Feb. 7, DOH has urged them to request the updated version of the vaccination certificate which can be used as the official validated and authenticated proof vaccination document.
The government health advisory also come with a fair notice: the Quick Response Code of the previously requested and digitally generated vaccination certificates will become outdated and unreadable.
The updated VaxCert can be accessed through https://vaxcert.doh.gov.ph.
Newly-vaccinated individuals would need over 48 hours after inoculation.
Those who do not have access to the online portal may also generate their VaxCert with the help of the local vaccination operations center personnel. (RAHC/PIA7 Bohol)
