Prime Minister of

St Lucia, Allen Chastanet, says the country will implement a digital vaccine

passport to keep a record of citizens who have been vaccinated against COVID-19.

Chastanet made

the announcement while speaking at a press conference on Wednesday (March 17).

According to

Chastanet, while a paper record is currently available, the country is moving

towards a digital application that can be presented upon request.

“The Government

Modernisation Unit has already been working with the Ministry of Health for the

last three weeks on creating an electronic version so we started off with as

you know, a manual implementation of the rollout of the vaccination programme,”

he said said.

“I’m hoping that

by next week, the electronic version will be done so we will manually update

the database, and it will create an electronic file for you that you’ll access

online but certainly you can also put it into your iPhone or when you’re

travelling that will give you an electronic record of your vaccination,”

Chastanet added.

The United

States, Canada and Denmark are already exploring the possibility of introducing

vaccine passports, with several airline companies touting the passports as

a way to revive the industry that is among one of the hardest hit by the

pandemic.