Swiss security firm SICPA, French health data platform OpenHealth and Estonian blockchain firm Guardtime have formed a consortium to develop a blockchain-based COVID-19 health passport. The solution will be used to issue and manage health passports and enable real-time monitoring of immunity levels among the population.
Over the past few weeks, government authorities and enterprises are exploring technology solutions to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 crisis. One of the proposed solutions is using a health passport or immunity certificate to enable people to return to everyday life.
This consortium is a little different from most in that it includes three organizations with relevant expertise and existing government contracts. For example, SICPA provides security documents and inks for banknotes, OpenHealth has a deidentified health database of 20 million French patients, and Guardtime’s enterprise blockchain solution KSI is used by the Estonian government and others.
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