European Commission has approved the Covid vaccination form for Bulgaria

The European Commission has approved the vaccination form for Bulgaria, which will be part of the European digital green certificate, caretaker Deputy Minister of Health Dimitar Petrov said in an interview for BNT on June 1.

Bulgaria is among the top 13 countries in the European Union, whose form has been approved by Brussels, Petrov explained. The other two elements of the digital certificate will be ready by the middle of the month.

The digital green certificate comes into force on July 1. And all those who have been issued vaccination certificates will be able to receive green certificates after June 4.

For this purpose it is not necessary to visit the GP or have an electronic signature. A mobile application is being prepared, with which the new form can be downloaded.

Bulgaria is ready for the introduction of the European digital green certificate

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On May 31, the Ministery of Health said that all holders of Covid-19 vaccination certificates would be able to have their certificates re-issued in the EU Digital Covid Certificate format, free-of-charge, through the national health information system at https://his.bg, starting June 4.

The state-owned IT company Informatsionno Obsluzhvane is developing a functionality to make the service available and the holders of the old version of the certificate will be bale to receive a document meeting the requirements of the EC regulation, without an electronic signature. The new format is expected to be available for downloading after June 4.

"The re-issuance of the old version of the certificate in the new format through the website of the National Health Information System is made for the convenience of citizens, which will save them time. They do not need to visit GPs or vaccination centres. This will also prevent crowding, said CEO Ivaylo Filipov. According to him, it will be possible to save the electronic document directly on a mobile device or laptop, which will make it easier for the vaccinated in case of possible inspections by the authorized bodies.

Every citizen who already has a certificate will have the opportunity to obtain an electronic version of the new European format by entering their personal identity number; ID card number and the national reference number of one of the two vaccines described in the old document. The reference number is located in the lower left corner of the old certificate. Foreign citizens will fill in the personal number of the foreigner and the number of the document for permanent residence in Bulgaria, respectively. The system will allow the download of the document only if all entered data are filled in correctly, he explained.

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