Commission proposal for a common vaccination card/passport for EU citizens
The ultimate goal of a vaccination passport would be to ensure that children who move between countries with different immunisation schedules do not miss out on crucial vaccinations. A similar scheme is already in place for pets and has helped boost vaccination rates, according to the European Commission.
I agree sadly, with the major players agreeing with it, it's near impossible to see it expiring this year despite the pointlessness of it
I hope I'm wrong, but with France pushing hard against people who refuse to get vaccinated, and Germany pushing hard against the unvaccinated also, there's no chance of it being dropped at a European level.
You'll also need boosters to visit non-EU countries trouble free.
I fear they'll be with us for another while yet.
True but no chance of getting stuck abroad once you have your certs. I plan to get the booster but only when it suits me, no current plans to travel abroad. Obviously won't bother if the DCC is dropped.
The fact that this is likely to be place until the middle of next year is incredible, particular when more and more countries are dismissing them domestically.
Sorry if this has been mentioned before, but has anyone else noticed the media narrative of boosters being REQUIRED for EU travel?
that’s not strictly true at all, you can get the cert with a negative PCR or proof of recovery. The booster is just another way of obtaining the cert. Yet RTE et al are only focusing on the need to have the booster to travel - no mention of the proof of negative PCR or recovery at all. It’s very frustrating, and very misleading.
You’re right, Sweden doesn’t require it.
It will be interesting to see if there is any opposition to extension tomorrow.
And unknown numbers with no vaccines or 2 and not getting a booster-travel plans out da window for next few years then.
I wold say the 270 days must include the duration of the holiday.A booster jab has an indefinite expiry right now.
I thought Sweden didn't require valid EU DCC either but could be wrong on that.
When they start sending the cert, they really make sure they send it... I finally got my cert... three times! Late last night they sent me the old one stating my second dose in July (2 out of 2), then a minute later another one stating the booster in December (3 out of 3). Ok fine... but this morning I woke up to receive another cert, booster again but it had a different identifier code than the one sent during the night. So which one is the correct one? I'm thinking the last one but not sure if I have to now contact them again to see if they truly fixed the duplicate account problem. Maybe the system kept sending certs while they were fixing it? I don't know but it's bizarre.
I'd suspect there's no chance of it failing to pass. It was passed originally by a huge margin.
But keep your eye open, European Parliament is debating it tomorrow.
Only Lithuania has relaxed restrictions to allow entry without a valid Digital Cert.
Any chance the EU proposals on an extension to the Covid passport will fail to be voted in?
I'm heading to New york in a couple of weeks. I've seen that instead of needing a test , if you have had covid in the last 90 days (which I did) you don't have to get tested once you have proof of your positive test and also proof of recovery from a healthcare provider. Has anyone done this recently and do they know do I need to get this off my gp or would the HSE recovery cert work for that?
Delete the old cert and scan the new one.
Hi,
I got my booster and a subsequent certificate from HSE with QR code. How do I update my covid tracker app on my phone with the new certificate?
Thanks
No point in arguing about the virus as some people will never get it unless they get it (ha!)... I'm tired of hearing people whine selfishly about entitlement and not understanding the concept of a contagious systemic disease but whatever, in one ear and out the other. Freedom? As if anyone is free.
For those of us however who want their cert because we took the booster and want to be able to travel without constant testing, here's some news for you. Apparently there's still 40 000 of us waiting for someone to fix "administrative errors". 🙄😴
Strange how the Examiner is the only news media writing about this.
Ha, the Covid Passport is the most useless certificate ever. It does nothing more than forcing compliance in exchange for freedom to move around.....Hitler would have been proud of that idea.
The Covid Passport only serve to create segregation, division, alienation, ingroup outgroup, tribal thinking, making some people less than humans so powers-at-be can treat them badly and coerce compliance.
it did nothing for reducing the spread of the virus. Now the virus is nothing more than a flu, a strong cold...so kill the useless Covid Passport. We already have a normal passport and it works perfectly fine.
Dccdocs@health.gov.ie -- was told to quote the case number in the email body and put 'vaccine' in the subject line.
Like you'll get into Greece no bother but it'd be invalid for coming back to Ireland
Thanks for that. I'm guessing she may well have got it at that stage in which case it isnt an issue, but good to know where we are at.
Needs to be valid for arrival back into Ireland.
Would need a PCR test coming home as things stand today without the booster
Sorry if this question has been asked before. We are going on a family holiday to Greece on the 8th of June. As of now, Greece will let EU citizens in without a test needed as long as the Covid Cert is 270 days valid. My teenager has had two shots and her Covid Cert would run out on the 12th of June. We havent decided (nor has our child) on whether she needs or wants a booster. Does anyone know does the 270 days include the duration of the trip (in which case her Cert would not be valid), or just the arrival into Greece?
What email address were you told to contact? I have a case number and was told I could use it to contact them regarding my cert but wasn't given an email address so I'm wondering what to do with the case number if there's nowhere to contact.
Is it fair to say it looks like no-one cares? This measure seems to be sailing through some parallel universe, regardless of its pointlessness.
It seems to be solely intended to bludgeon people into getting boosters. And it seems to be, largely, working.
I received doses 1+2 in Northern Ireland and the booster in my local GP clinic before Christmas.
I have an Irish-issued cert for the first two doses, but no sign of the booster cert. Was on with live chat, and was given a case number and email address to send on details. Any idea when I expect to hear on this? Supposed to be travelling at the weekend. 😬
Good to hear it worked out for you and most of the time it probably does too. There are many of us though with the correct details in the system, yet it still doesn't work for us. All it takes is one minor change in some detail between doses and there's a problem. In my case it's more about technically inept people using a faulty system which for some mystical reason cannot connect the dots between data entries to see that a person receiving their second dose in the summer is the same one receiving the third one in the winter. I have no clue how an error like that can happen if like they say, they check all the details including birth dates, phone numbers etc. Clearly they are able to create several accounts for one person with the same personal details. I have a degree in computer science so how this sort of thing can happen is really puzzling for me.
I have now been waiting for almost 50 days and probably will wait until two months has passed before I get my cert. In my case, the original vaccine registration portal didn't work in the first place either and I ended up calling the HSE to arrange for appointments so there's that. It's just incredible that people have to wait for ages and cannot download their own certificates, instead they have to wait for them to be emailed. There has to be big fundamental flaws in the system and how it has been designed and built. This should be a straightforward thing and it is in several other countries but I don't know why it is so difficult here.
Oh well... I'll update here if and when I finally get my cert. 😆
just received email with my booster cert...finally..after endless email requests on the covid gov website to only receive the 2 jab cert
3rd injection on 6/1/22 via GP, and received today via email 7/2/22
Update: PPSN was not needed. Requested cert using mobile number/DOB as identifier and it came the next day.
Have to say that in my case, and all my family's cases, the vaccine certificate followed 2 days after their boosters, without any issues whatsoever.
My 6 year old niece got hers by email too, exactly 2 days after the HSE vaccine clinic second dose. Couldn't have gone any smoother.
I've an elderly relative who didn't provide an email address and she got a link sent out by SMS which we were able to get the cert from and set it up on her iPhone for her, not that she's planning to use it anytime soon, but she wanted to have it. She's on her 4th dose now and I will be interested to see if the certificate updates in a few days time.
You'd wonder are a lot of people not providing valid email addresses, have not provided phone working numbers or if they're just not technically capable of checking their spam folders? A lot of people are very technically inept and will need paper certs.
I get that there might be some issues with GPs screwing up data entry, but it can't be that common, can it?!
There should be a portal for downloading your certificate though. I can't see the point of building out all that original vaccine registration portal, and not using it for more services like this. It would an ideal setup for going in and collecting your certs.
Only took them 50 minutes this time to answer the chat and lo and behold - the issue behind my lost booster cert has been found! 😮 😀🎉 Like I have said all along, they must have messed up somewhere between changing vaccination places and doses because someone created two duplicate accounts for me, something two different customer service agents claimed was impossible when I asked them. This time they actually had a competent person there to help out. Will now get the renewed cert once they correct the issue (hoping they will). Oh, and I was never even given a reference number before this so if you get an agent who tries to fob you off, demand them to make a case of it and give you a reference number.Â
So no cert expiry date for the booster. Despite the fact the effect of the booster lasts weeks. If you're jabbed in November... sure the benefit won't last until June 2022 never mind June 2023. What a surprise though. It's not about health for some and it never was.
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