Initiating a Globally-Recognized Vaccine Passport, Indonesia's G20 HWG Meeting Series Welcome More International Visitors

The Indonesian Ministry of Health

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JAKARTA, April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/

 

Assuming the presidency in the upcoming G20 summit, Indonesia has begun the

Health Working Group (HWG) meeting series that took place on 28-30 March 2022

in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

 

Indonesia's G20 presidency seeks to harmonize safe and healthy travel

procedures worldwide, especially the recognition of COVID-19 vaccine

certificates, in the wake of the devastating COVID-19 pandemic that ravaged all

countries across the globe. The HWG meeting was aimed to foster a dialogue in

the health sector between participating countries and synchronized global

health protocols.

 

The meeting was attended by 70 foreign delegates and 50 local delegates.

Delegates who participated in person were Australia, Argentina, the United

Kingdom, India, etc., and the World Health Organization (WHO). Meanwhile, those

who attended virtually included Canada, France, etc., and international

organizations such as the World Bank.

 

Countries in Asia Pacific such as Singapore (

https://www.caas.gov.sg/who-we-are/newsroom/Detail/singapore-reopens-borders-to-all-fully-vaccinated-travellers

), aims to open to fully vaccinated travelers and transition to a new

Vaccination Travel Framework by April 2022.  Other countries (

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-10/singapore-looks-to-next-phase-of-opening-to-vaccinated-travelers

)in the region reopening borders to vaccinated travelers include Malaysia, the

Philippines, Thailand, and Indonesia.

 

"Therefore, we need to have synchronized health protocols globally. This will

enable safer international travels and accelerate the social and economic

recovery for good," said Budi Gunadi Sadikin, the Minister of Health of

Indonesia.

 

The HWG meeting has unveiled the initiation to standardize the digital COVID-19

vaccine certificates through a universal verifier made according to the WHO

standards. The system is web-based that can be used on all devices and each

country does not need to change the system or the QR codes that are currently

used.

 

Each country is given the flexibility to apply necessary health protocols from

their own respective countries. However, the procedures are clear and universal

thus strengthening the global health architecture and easing traveling across

countries.

 

The synchronization of health protocols is needed to support the

interconnectivity of health information. This process is expected to start from

the G20 member countries and expanding to other countries globally.

 

The second HWG meeting will be held in Lombok in June, discussing about global

health fund in case of a future pandemic. The last of the HWG series will

discuss the global medical research and will be held in Bali in November.

 

More information can be accessed at the Indonesia's Ministry of Health website

https://www.kemkes.go.id/.

 

Source: The Indonesian Ministry of Health

 

 

 

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