Friday, 08 April 2022 03:01

Travelers will be able to enter the European Union with Covid-19 Digital Vaccination Certificate

Written by Evelyn Alas

If you are about to leave the country to any destination in the European Union, either for a business meeting or simply to enjoy a vacation, in this article we tell you how you can enter the European continent with your Covid-19 Digital Vaccination Certificate.

You only need to enter the website: certificado.covid19.gob.sv entering an identification number and date of birth.

By having this Digital Vaccination Certificate on your mobile device, tablet, or computer, you will be able to enter and circulate in any of the 27 countries of the European Union, since the immigration authorities validate the doses against COVID-19 received in El Salvador.

All the information is protected and encrypted in a QR, which cannot be read with the phone's camera, only with applications certified by the European Union. Also, one of the advantages is that it is non-transferable and has the same validity as a physical one.

In addition, you can save it as a PDF, print it, save the QR code or store it in the Wallet of your choice.

The vaccination certificate is validated with the electronic signature of the Ministry of Health of El Salvador, it can also be authenticated without internet connection through the EU certified apps.

The head of the Ministry of Health, Francisco Alabí, said that they are working with other countries that are implementing the homologation, such as Costa Rica, Guatemala, Bolivia and Argentina.

Vaccination against Covid-19 is voluntary and totally free in El Salvador.