The ability for people to quickly and easily prove they’ve been vaccinated against the coronavirus has hit a bit of a snag in Europe, where a new digital COVID-19 certificate program is being blasted for being selective in which approved vaccines it considers worthy of...
Those who work for Morgan Stanley or are clients of the financial institution (FI) and haven’t been vaccinated against COVID-19 won’t be allowed to enter the company’s offices in New York as of July 12, according to an internal memo, the Financial Times (FT) reported....
Convenience is the ultimate selling point of Walmart’s digital health wallet — which allows users to access personal health information, including COVID-19 vaccination records — especially in a market that’s been slow to take the plunge into the digital age until it was necessary during...
Walmart is offering customers access to their health information through a free digital wallet, according to a press release. Users can then decide whether to use this wallet to share their health info, beginning with their COVID-19 vaccination record. This program lets people store their...
New COVID-19 outbreaks in Asia have disrupted global supply chains and threaten to drag down the post-pandemic economic recovery, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday (June 11). In one case, an outbreak in the Chinese city of Shenzhen at one of the world’s busiest...
Nearly 60,000 stimulus payments made to dead people have been returned so far, according to a new report from the Treasury Inspector General. The report says there were no issues with around 98 percent of the stimulus payments. However, around 4.4 million payments, for a total...
In Europe — with vaccinations campaigns underway and the pandemic easing — countries are eager to open up for tourism and travel. What that will mean exactly is still up in the air. For its part, Turkey now offers a COVID-19 vaccine ID card for...
The first blockchain solution to track COVID-19 vaccinations in Latin America is being launched in Colombia, with plans to expand to more countries in the region, according to a Tuesday (May 18) press release. VitalPass is a digital passport that uses blockchain technology from eCurrency...
Turkey has introduced a COVID-19 vaccine ID card for its citizens. It is available through an online app that keeps track of COVID-19 contacts. The Turkish newspaper Hürriyet Daily News added that European Union countries are expected to start using vaccine passports for travelers. Turkey’s vaccine...
