What Is EU Digital COVID Certificate and How To Verify It?

Aug.30,2021Reads:

Withthe aim to release restrictions between cross-border movements and promotetravel industry development, many countries actively seek a way. Nowadays, The EU implemented its EU Digital COVID Certificate toallow EU citizens and residents free and safe access to the member states.


Whatis the EU Digital COVID Certificate?


The EU Digital COVID Certificate (DCC) is adigital certificate to prove whether the EU citizens have been vaccinated, havetested negative or recovered from COVID-19. It is issued by test center or nationalhealth authorities for free and recognized by all EU 27 member states as wellas Switzerland, Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein.

The certificate is available in nationallanguage and English. Citizen can obtain a digital or paper version, which willboth consist of a QR code that contains basic information include name, date ofbirth, date of issuance, vaccine/test/recovery information and a uniqueidentifier, as well as a digital signature, verified via EU Gateway.

When will the EU digital COVID certificate take effect?

The EU Digital COVID Certificate Regulationwill officially take effect on 1st July 2021. Nowadays, many European countries include Italy,France, Germany, etc have announced respectively local health pass and made itmandatory to show for access to travel or enter public places. If any member state is not ready to issue certificates, there is a six-weekphasing-in period whilst other formats can still be used and should be acceptedin other EU countries as well.

Why EU digital COVID certificate is important?

l Necessity: It is still a long way tofight against the COVID-19, especially the Delta variant is spreading rapidlyamong unvaccinated populations. Checking individual vaccination is necessary toensure public health, boost cross-border businesses and tourismdevelopment.

l Convenience: The certificate makes iteasier for people to travel or enter public places and prove their health credentialby showing the digital QR code.

l Reliability: The certificate contains aQR code with a digital signature to protect it against falsification. There isa reliable and speedy verification procedure to scan the QR code and verify thesignature.

l Security: Each issuing body (hospital,test center, health authority) has its own digital signature key to allow dataare stored in a secure database in each country. And the data remains on thecertificate will not be stored or retained whist verifying the QR code or withhuman check.

How to verify the EU digital COVID certificate?

Asthe QR code is the mainly format of the digital COVID certificate, thus thepoint to verify the certificate lies in scanning and decoding the inbuiltinformation of the QR code. Guided by the successful experience of health codesolution in China, Telpo updates its QR code scanning and decoding technologyand launch a series of digital COVID certificate scanner in response to verifyindividual digital certificate.


Interface and voice remaider


Step one: Place the digital QR code in front of thedigital certificate scanner

Step two: The digital certificate scanner will automaticscan and decoding the QR code

Step three: Display the verification result (vaccine/test/recovery information) at the screen along with voice broadcast and indicatorlight (red for no entry, green for safe entry)

What digital COVID certificate scanners are available?

Considering different scenes usage demands, we canprovide handheld, desktop, gate, stand-alone such types of digital certificateverification devices. On the basis of digital or paper QR code recognition,face recognition, mask detection, temperature screening, voice broadcast,multi-language and other functions are also available.


Digital QR Code Scanner TPS508

l  Automatic scanning QR code in a fastspeed

l  Screen+ voice+ indicator light triple presentcertificate information

l  Support verification result printing

l  NFC card reading is available


Handheld Verification Terminal TPS360

l  Fast scanning digital certificate with voicebroadcast

l  Support ID card & driver license& passport identification

l  Paperless + visualization + cloudplatform management

l  APK on Google Play can be used directly,without secondary development


Desktop QR code Scanner Machine TPS508


Contactless Verification Device TPS530

l  5-inch display with rich ports

l  QR code hard decoding or OCR cameraensures superfast recognition

l  Voice prompt +indicator light supported

l  Support 4G,WIFI,GPS

Digital Certificate Verification Scanner F6

l  Android 9.0 OS supports secondarydevelopment.

l  Screen+ voice+ indicator light tripleremind certificate status

l  Face recognition+ mask detection+ QRcode scanning+ SIP Voice intercom+ fingerprint recognition +FRID card reading

l  IP66 waterproof and dustproof


QR Code &Temperature ScreeningTerminal TPS950T


QR Code &Temperature Screening Terminal TPS950T

l  Android 8 OS +Octa-core processor+ largememory

l  Contactless temperature screening+ maskdetection+ face recognition+ high temperature alarm+ QR code scanning+ RFIDcard reading

l  Screen+ voice+ indicator light tripleremind certificate status

l  Online and offline access control andattendance management system


Nowadays,Telpo digital COVID certificate scanners have widely used at the vaccinatedplaces include communities, hospitals, healthcare center, etc, which gainedstrong recognition and praise. If you want to know more details, welcome tocontact us.


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