Last week the Caribbean Island of Aruba started trialing the Happy Traveler Card together with aerospace industry-owned tech organization SITA and Indicio.tech. This digital health credential enables COVID-19 tested visitors to enter shops, restaurants, nightclubs and other venues. Today digital identity startup Indicio announced that the technology solution, Cardea, has been accepted as an open-source Linux Foundation Public Health (LFPH) project.
To visit Aruba, travelers need to have a negative COVID-19 PCR test taken within 72 hours of arrival. A negative test credential can be shared with Aruba’s Health Department to receive a Happy Traveler Card by using the app. In turn, the Happy Traveler Card credential enables the tourist to enter various venues without sharing a lot of personal information.
The credential can be verified using blockchain. Importantly no personal data is stored on the blockchain. It’s primarily used to check cryptographic keys that confirm the Aruba Health Department issued the credential and that it has not been revoked.
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