Digital vaccination certificate can boost Corona warning app

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The digital EU vaccination certificate is to be integrated into the Corona warning app before the summer holidays. This could lead to a significant increase in the number of app users: 20 percent of those who have not yet installed the Corona warning app on their smartphone say that they would use the app with an integrated Corona vaccination certificate in the future. This was the result of a representative survey of 1,004 people in Germany aged 16 and over, which was carried out at the beginning of 2021. "The Corona warning app can be made much more attractive with updates. In addition to the planned digital vaccination certificate, this also includes the new check-in function and the option to retrieve your own test results," says Bitkom President Achim Berg.

A digital vaccination certificate in addition to australia gambling data the yellow paper vaccination certificate is likely to be of benefit to many people, as a second representative survey of 1,003 people in Germany aged 16 and over in February 2021 showed: When asked whether they spontaneously knew where their vaccination certificate was, 51 percent answered "no". However, 48 percent immediately remember where the document is. Around a quarter (23 percent) say they have lost a vaccination certificate at least once - more than half of this group even more often. "We need a digital vaccination certificate for a corona vaccination as soon as possible: after all, people usually have their smartphone to hand, but they usually have to search for their vaccination certificate," says Berg. "In parallel with the digital vaccination certificate against Covid-19, the introduction of the digital vaccination certificate for all vaccinations as part of the electronic patient file must be further pushed forward." Around two thirds of people in Germany (64 percent) would use the digital vaccination certificate, which is to replace the yellow paper vaccination certificate on a voluntary basis at the beginning of 2022.