On 31 August 2020, Japanese IT firm NTT Data and health care provider LSI Medience Corporation announced the testing of their electronic certificate issuing service for COVID-19 test results. The trial will only last for a couple of weeks, from 1-18 September 2020. If it proves to be successful, both NTT and LSI will start providing the services by the end of this year.
PCR (polymerize chain reaction) tests are used to diagnose COVID-19 infected individuals. Companies may want to ensure that staff returning to work are healthy. And even during the pandemic, firms might need to send employees overseas for work and are responsible for these employees’ safety and security. With an increased demand for testing, and more people returning to the workplace, an efficient mechanism is required to smoothly runf\ PCR tests. Which is why NTT Data and LSI say they turned to blockchain technology.
The service ensures companies can receive their employees’ test results in a ‘secure online environment’ by using blockchain technology to ensure the certificate’s validity. NTT Data will provide and operate the service network, L-AXeS, which connects medicinal institutions and clinical laboratories, and LSI will be responsible for the actual PCR testing.
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