With the launch of vaccine licensing for several companies in downtown Boston on Saturday, city officials are also preparing to launch their own digital vaccine card app. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s “B Together” plan requires customers and employees to show proof of vaccination to enter certain indoor venues, including indoor restaurants, bars, nightclubs, gyms and entertainment centers. Many of the affected businesses already had the required signs hung from their front windows. City officials say the upcoming “B Together” app will allow individuals to store vaccination records for themselves, children or family members. In-App Stores are set to launch on Saturday with support for English, Spanish and Simplified Chinese. Additional languages will follow. Officials said the app was inspired by the “NYC COVID SAFE” app in New York City and was developed with the help of Virginia-based Qlarion. Boston officials said the new app will only store data locally on a user’s device and will not track users’ locations or share data with other entities. Governor Charlie Baker on Monday announced a different digital vaccine card system that vaccinated people in Massachusetts can get and download to their smartphone. This tool is built on the SMART Health Card standard, which is already used by several other states. The state system confirms an individual’s data against the Massachusetts Immunization Information System and generates a QR code that can be saved and checked later with an app for verification. Businesses and venues using the state system are encouraged to check a scanned visitor code against some other form of identification. Boston officials say companies are not required to verify a second form of identification. In addition to digital vaccine cards, Boston instructed companies to accept a physical card, a digital image of a vaccine card, or an image of another official immunization record, and Brooklyn and Salem announced policies for vaccination requirements similar to Boston. Baker expressed his displeasure with the mandates, but said he believes digital cards are an important tool.
With the launch of vaccine licensing for several companies in downtown Boston on Saturday, city officials are also preparing to launch their own digital vaccine card app.
Boston Mayor Michelle Wub togetherThe plan requires customers and employees to show proof of vaccination to enter certain indoor venues, including indoor restaurants, bars, nightclubs, gyms and entertainment centers.
Many of the affected businesses already had the required signs hung from their front windows.
City officials say the upcoming “B Together” app will allow individuals to store vaccination records for themselves, children or family members. In-App Stores are set to launch on Saturday with support for English, Spanish and Simplified Chinese. Additional languages will follow.
The app is modeled after the “NYC COVID SAFE” app for New York City and developed with the help of Virginia galleonauthorities said.
Boston officials said the new app will only store data locally on a user’s device and will not track users’ locations or share data with other entities.
on Monday, Governor Charlie Baker announces a different digital vaccine card system People who have been vaccinated in Massachusetts can get it and download it to their smartphone. This tool is based on SMART health card Standard, which is already in use by many other countries.
The state system confirms an individual’s data against the Massachusetts Immunization Information System and generates a QR code that can be saved and checked later with a verification app.
Businesses and venues using the state system are encouraged to check a scanned visitor code against some other form of identification.
Boston officials say companies are not required to verify a second form of identification.
In addition to digital vaccine cards, Boston has instructed companies to accept a physical card, a digital photo of a vaccine card, or an image of another official immunization record.
Brooklyn e sure Both announced vaccination requirements policies similar to Boston’s. Baker expressed his displeasure with the mandates, but said he believes digital cards are an important tool.
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