Biden Administration To Develop COVID-19 Vaccine Passport

President Joe Biden's administration is coordinating the development of a system that would give proof-of-vaccination to people who have been inoculated against the coronavirus, a senior administration official noted.

The White House is working with multiple government agencies, including the offices of Health and Human Services, along with technology and travel companies, to develop this vaccine passport system, the official told CNN.

“Our role is to help ensure that any solutions in this area should be simple, free, open source, accessible to people both digitally and on paper, and designed from the start to protect people’s privacy,” Jeff Zients, the White House’s coronavirus coordinator, said at a March 12 briefing.

Airline and business groups have urged the White House to take the lead in bringing about a uniform proof-of-vaccination system across the nation.