Today the Linux Foundation Public Health (LFPH) unveiled the Global COVID Certificate Network (GCCN). While many COVID-19 initiatives target digital health credentials, most are regional, presenting a challenge for international travel. GCCN aims to address this interoperability issue by creating a global trust registry network.
A registry will help people who need to verify health certificates, for example, to check that the certificate issuer is a recognized laboratory. GCCN’s initial members are Affinidi, AOKPass, Blockchain Labs, Evernym, IBM, Indicio.Tech, Lumedic, and ThoughtWorks, which have all developed COVID-19 solutions for governments and industries.
This latest initiative helps implement the draft Blueprint from the Good Health Pass Collaborative published yesterday. As we noted at the time, imagine being an airline check-in person who has to verify the wide variety of certificates presented to them. How can they know which ones are valid, especially if the traveler is from abroad?
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