The government of Estonia and WHO is started by certificates of vaccination against a coronavirus on a blockchain

On October 1, 2020 the government of Estonia announced cooperation with the World Health Organization (WHO) within which introduction of certificates of vaccination against COVID-19 on the basis of a blockchain prepares. The project will head Estonian Guardtime blockchain company with the headquarters in Switzerland.

As reported by Bloomberg, the memorandum of understanding it is signed by the prime minister of Estonia Ury Ratas and the president of WHO doctor Tedros Adkhan Gebreyesus in a digital format. This step will allow the Estonian entrepreneurs and researchers to begin work on the project. Ratas told:

Estonia can offer the global organization the best experience for acceleration of safe and reliable information exchange between the countries.

The government of Estonia together with WHO is started by certificates of vaccination against COVID-19 coronavirus on a blockchain

The government of Estonia is one of the most advanced in the field of digital technologies, and Guardtime worked on many key projects of the electronic government.

We have an opportunity to lift the principles of decentralized control on which success of all digital state of Estonia is based to the international level, - Ratas told.

The new platform will function based on blockchain technology, allowing to create digital certificates of vaccination which will serve as the proof for those who underwent vaccination against a coronavirus. First of all to the project it is going to connect priority groups, i.e. elderly people. The first stage of the project assumes creation of the digital "yellow card of vaccination" which will be used around the world after vaccination start. The card will allow to perform the international data exchange about vaccination, and the blockchain technology will provide reliability and transparency. At first the solution will be started in Estonia, and then is going to distribute it to other EU countries.

Ratas also confirmed that project participants will work on implementing solution X-Road for cross-border exchange of medical data that will allow WHO and to other EU member states effectively to use new technologies, exchanging important information.^[1]

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