Coronavirus Health Passports for UK ‘Possible in Months’

May 3rd, 2020

Here we go.

Via: Guardian:

Tech firms are in talks with ministers about creating health passports to help Britons return safely to work using coronavirus testing and facial recognition.

Facial biometrics could be used to help provide a digital certificate – sometimes known as an immunity passport – proving which workers have had Covid-19, as a possible way of easing the impact on the economy and businesses from ongoing physical distancing even after current lockdown measures are eased.

The UK-based firm Onfido, which specialises in verifying people’s identities using facial biometrics, has delivered detailed plans to the government and is involved in a number of conversations about what could be rolled out across the country, it is understood.

Related: Bill Gates: When Coronavirus Vaccine Becomes Available, Digital Certificates Will Show Who Has Received It

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