Metro Manila mayors were coordinating with the DICT for the unified COVID-19 vaccination card.
UNIFIED VACCINATION CARD — Metro Manila mayors were currently coordinating with the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) for its digital COVID-19 vaccine certificate project.
Parañaque Mayor Edwin Olivarez said in a radio interview that local government units (LGUs) have started submitting their lists of vaccinated residents to the agency.
According to Olivares, they talked about it in the Metro Manila Council (MMC) and their ITs were continuously downloading information to the DICT for the unified COVID-19 vaccination card, adding that the submission of lists of vaccinated residents was ongoing for the LGUs in the National Capital Region (NCR).
In addition, Olivarez said that they’re seeking to finish the submission within August 2021.
Olivares also said that all local government units have their own systems, adding that they just need to download the list at the DICT for the concentration of the data for the unified COVID-19 vaccination card.
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Olivares’ statement came after the DICT encouraged local government units in the Philippines to submit their list of residents inoculated against COVID-19.
DICT Secretary Gregorio “Gringo” B. Honasan II said on Thursday that the agency and the Department of Health (DOH) were already working on the “VaxCertPH”, which will be issued to fully vaccinated individuals in the Philippines.
GMA News Online reported that the Philippines had fully vaccinated more than 12 million people as of August 12, 2021.
Meanwhile, a total of 1,713,302 confirmed coronavirus cases had been recorded in the Philippines as of August 13, of which 1,587,069 have recovered from the disease and 29,838 have died due to COVID-19.
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