Coronapas: Denmark’s Covid-19 health pass is no more after two years
The Coronapas, the Covid-19 health pass used in Denmark to document vaccination, test or infection history status during the pandemic, will be fully deactivated over two years since its introduction.
The Coronapas will be shut down at the end of June and can no longer be used to view vaccination history, health authorities said in a statement.
That is because Covid-19 travel certificates expire in the EU on June 30th and EU rules have not been extended to provide legal basis for an EU Covid travel pass.
The health pass was last year deactivated for use in Denmark after all Danish Covid restrictions ended, but was retained for EU travel and certification purposes.
The word “coronapas” entered the Danish dictionary after the digital certificate was introduced in May 2021 and was voted word of the year in 2021, but is now defunct.
While the EU Covid health pass provisions are about to end, the World Health Organization's European office warned on Tuesday the risk of Covid-19 has not gone away, saying it was still responsible for nearly 1,000 deaths a week in the region.
The global health body announced on May 5th that the Covid-19 pandemic was no longer deemed a "global health emergency", however.
READ ALSO: Covid-19 still causing 1,000 deaths a week in Europe, WHO warns
The digital health certificate no longer exists on the Coronapas app or in the MinSundhed app, which is an extension of the sundhed.dk health platform.
But a record of all vaccinations and the vaccinations of your children can still be accessed through Sundhed.dk, the health portal said.
A coronapas was displayed some 31.6 million times on the MinSundhed app alone between October 2021 and the end of 2022, according to the statement.
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The Coronapas will be shut down at the end of June and can no longer be used to view vaccination history, health authorities said in a statement.
That is because Covid-19 travel certificates expire in the EU on June 30th and EU rules have not been extended to provide legal basis for an EU Covid travel pass.
The health pass was last year deactivated for use in Denmark after all Danish Covid restrictions ended, but was retained for EU travel and certification purposes.
The word “coronapas” entered the Danish dictionary after the digital certificate was introduced in May 2021 and was voted word of the year in 2021, but is now defunct.
While the EU Covid health pass provisions are about to end, the World Health Organization's European office warned on Tuesday the risk of Covid-19 has not gone away, saying it was still responsible for nearly 1,000 deaths a week in the region.
The global health body announced on May 5th that the Covid-19 pandemic was no longer deemed a "global health emergency", however.
READ ALSO: Covid-19 still causing 1,000 deaths a week in Europe, WHO warns
The digital health certificate no longer exists on the Coronapas app or in the MinSundhed app, which is an extension of the sundhed.dk health platform.
But a record of all vaccinations and the vaccinations of your children can still be accessed through Sundhed.dk, the health portal said.
A coronapas was displayed some 31.6 million times on the MinSundhed app alone between October 2021 and the end of 2022, according to the statement.
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