Digital coronavirus vaccine passes now available in Wales

People living in Wales who have been vaccinated against coronavirus will now be able to prove their vaccination status online, using the NHS Covid Pass.

This will allow people to prove they have been vaccinated before urgent international travel.

People aged 16 and above, who have had a coronavirus vaccine and were vaccinated in Wales, will be able to access the pass.

Vaccine certificates have been available in Wales since May, but they weren’t available online until June 25. Before now, people who needed proof of their vaccination status had to apply for paper certificates, which were sent out in the post.

But now, with the online system up and running, people will be able to access their certificates instantly through their phones, laptops or tablets.

However, the passes are not currently available through the NHS app, but through a website portal.

Responding to a question posed to him by Caerphilly MS Hefin David in the Senedd on Tuesday, First Minister Mark Drakeford said: “For technical reasons largely connected to the reconfiguration of the English solution to meet Welsh requirements, it was not possible to launch the app in Wales at the same time as it was launched in NHS England.”

The Welsh Government has confirmed that “work is ongoing to integrate England’s NHS App and NHS Wales systems to allow people in Wales to use it”.

Wales’ Health Minister, Eluned Morgan, said: “I’m pleased that people in Wales can now access their vaccination status via the NHS Covid Pass if they need to travel urgently and have completed their vaccine course.

“It’s important to remember that the Welsh Government advice on travel hasn’t changed, and people should only consider international travel if absolutely essential.”

To get a NHS Covid Pass, visit gov.wales/get-nhs-covid-pass-show-your-vaccination-status-travel

Who has been vaccinated so far?

So far, 2,248,012 people in Wales in have had a first vaccine dose, while 1,591,322 have had both doses.

The percentage of people in Wales who have received their first and second vaccine is broken down below:

Care home residents: 98.1% first dose; 94.2% second dose

Care home workers: 92.6% first dose; 86.7% second dose

Healthcare workers: 95.9% first dose; 91.3% second dose

Social care workers: 45,557 first dose; 43,981 second dose

Aged 80 and above: 96% first dose; 93.8% second dose

Aged 75-79: 96.8% first dose; 95.1% second dose

Aged 70-74: 96.1% first dose; 94.8% second dose

Clinically extremely vulnerable people aged 16-69 : 94.4% first dose; 90.9% second dose

Aged 65-69: 94.8% first dose; 92.6% second dose

Clinical risk groups aged 16 to 64: 88.8% first dose; 80% second dose

Aged 60-64: 93% first dose; 89.5% second dose

Aged 55-59: 91.1% first dose; 85.6% second dose

Aged 50-54: 89% first dose; 78.1% second dose

Aged 40-49: 83.3% first dose; 51.2% second dose

Aged 30-39: 73.7% first dose; 26.1% second dose

Aged 18-29: 70.3% first dose; 17.2% second dose

Source: Public Health Wales

Anyone who is still waiting for a vaccine appointment can book one online at gov.wales/get-your-covid-19-vaccination-if-you-think-you-have-been-missed