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Over 40 million people granted COVID-19 vaccine passports

More than 40 million people nationwide had held COVID-19 vaccine passports as of July 20, according to the Ministry of Health’s Electronic Health Administration.
Over 40 million people granted COVID-19 vaccine passports ảnh 1Illustration. (Photo: sggp.org.vn)
Hanoi(VNA) – More than 40 million people nationwide had held COVID-19 vaccinepassports as of July 20, according to the Ministry of Health’s Electronic HealthAdministration.

COVID-19 vaccinepassports have been issued since April this year, the administration said, notingthat however, the progress has been so slow that certain goals have yet to beachieved after three months of issuance.

Personalinformation of around 17 million vaccinated people remain unverified, it said.

The main reason is many incorrect information, particularly those declared during the time the fourth COVID-19 resurgence was ravaging the country last year, it explained.

Inconsistentinformation prevents a passport to be granted.

The Ministry ofHealth has requested tech firm Viettel to help the Ministry of Public Securityverify all the inconsistent information this month. The ministry has also askedlocal administrations to accelerate the granting of COVID-19 vaccine passport.

Vietnam reported1,161 new COVID-19 cases on the same day and no related deaths. Over 240.4million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been inoculated nationwide so far./.
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