The Department of Health is reportedly planning to introduce digital vaccine cards in South Africa on 5 October

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By Liesl Smit


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The Department of Health is reportedly planning to introduce digital vaccine cards in South Africa on 5 October.

The editor-in-chief of the Bhekisisa Centre for Health journalism Mia Malan tweets the Department will announce next week if the cards will be available to both fully and partially vaccinated people.

Malan reports vaccinated individuals will be able to download the digital card and save it on their smartphones.

People will also be able to print it. A QR code will contain information on the details of a person’s vaccination and linked to their ID numbers.

Liesl Smit
Liesl Smit
Liesl is the Smile 90.4FM News Manager. She has been at Smile since 2016, with nearly 20 years experience in the radio industry, including reading news, field reporting and producing. In 2008 she won the Vodacom Journalist of the Year Award, Western Cape region. liesl@smile904.fm

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