Will Ireland follow this emerging International trend?
This is one of the key issues that those attending the online course “Passport to Employee Personal Health and Resilience “ will be advised of when they attend a zoom meeting on Thursday 11th March (Part 1) from 10.00 am to 1pm and (Part 2) on Thursday 25th of March from 10.00am to 1pm.
Speakers will in include Maurice Quinlan Director of the EAP Institute Waterford Ireland and Helga Vigfusdottir, Founder of Kara Connect Iceland.
In announcing this online course the Director of the EAP Institute stated “that a new developing concept is that workers will require a wellbeing passport in order to work safely and not transmit the Covid 19 virus to their colleague’s. Their personal passport will show evidence of a positive Covid test and vaccination. While there is no evidence to support the incidence of development in Ireland, the subject is appearing more in reports
The Irish times reported on the 23rd of February 2021 that The Vaccination Credential Initiative, a coalition of organisations including Microsoft, Oracle and the Mayo Clinic, aims to establish standards to verify whether a person has had their shot and prevent people falsely claiming to be protected against the disease.
The Irish-based ROQU Group has announced the pilot launch of Health Passport Ireland, a world-first digital platform designed to facilitate increased COVID-19 testing for businesses and the public. Engineered in Ireland, the platform combines the latest digital technologies with accurate and validated COVID-19 testing solutions, which can deliver results in as little as 15 minutes. The digital platform is a big step towards helping businesses and individuals to quickly minimise risks related to COVID-19 and ensure they can continue daily activities. The system has been designed to work will all official COVID-19 test types.
Concluding Quinlan said:” Any initiative to protect employee safety and health is welcome keeping in mind that under Article 8(1) of the European Convention of Human Rights which states that everyone has the right to respect for his private and family life. It is also one of the fundamental rights protected by the EU’s legal order, In particular it is a person’s right to keep his/her state of health secret.