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 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. 😬
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.
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.
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?
Needs to be valid for arrival back into Ireland.
Would need a PCR test coming home as things stand today without the booster
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.
Like you'll get into Greece no bother but it'd be invalid for coming back to Ireland
Dccdocs@health.gov.ie -- was told to quote the case number in the email body and put 'vaccine' in the subject line.
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.
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.
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
Delete the old cert and scan the new one.
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?
Any chance the EU proposals on an extension to the Covid passport will fail to be voted in?
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.
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 thought Sweden didn't require valid EU DCC either but could be wrong on that.
I wold say the 270 days must include the duration of the holiday.A booster jab has an indefinite expiry right now.
And unknown numbers with no vaccines or 2 and not getting a booster-travel plans out da window for next few years then.
You’re right, Sweden doesn’t require it.
It will be interesting to see if there is any opposition to extension tomorrow.
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.
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.
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.
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
How do you get a Recovery Cert for a 12 year old ? Will a PCR from HSE be sufficient or does it need to be private ?
TIA
If they test positive via PCR, you can get the cert 11 days after the result via the portal
https://www.covidcertificateportal.gov.ie/en-US/issue-recovery-cert/
I had to do this for a teen and they had no issues with doing the PCR test for us. Applied for cert and got one, very quickly - noted as a recovery and has an expiration date on it. Its valid for 180 days I think, so can be applied for at any time during this period
Several countries in the EU have stated that jabs 1 and 2 expire 270 days after the last injection and that boosters are required-no expiry yet on a booster.France and Greece for a mention.France for instance require a booster to obtain a pass sanitaire allowing entry to resaurants,bars,public buildings etc as of Feb 2022.Macron may change the rules as he is due an election campaign.Recovery certs /PCR tests are another matter-no comment.
So Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and Lithuania have all ditched the EU Covid pass entry requirement? Any others I'm missing?
So the boosters effectiveness wanes pretty quickly and acquired immunity grants a longer lasting protection. One pass gives you 6 months but the other has no expiry.
This is now an ideological diktat and not a public health measure.
Feedback page for citizens on whether the EU should extend the Covid Cert to 2023….
