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UK #COVID19 Negative Certification and a Biometric #HealthPassport at the very least are being considered & developed by @DHSCgovuk.

#NHSCOVID19app
#FreedomPass
#ImmunityPassports
#Industry40

Credit goes to @LutherBurgsvik for the contracts find.
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On 18th December @GOVUK published a new contract titled "Covid-19 Certification / Passport MVP".

"A minimum viable product is a concept from Lean Startups that stresses the impact of learning in new product development."

https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/bf6eef14-6345-429a-a4e7-df68a39bd135?origin=SearchResults&p=1
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Titled "Covid-19 Certification / Passports"

Company is @netcompany_uk 👇

" @DHSCgovuk is planning to deploy a negative #COVID19 test certification to enable workplaces, educational centres, health & social care services & places of business to open to members of the public"
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"who have tested negative for #COVID19 within a specified time frame in addition to other data criteria."

The contract date was 2nd November and was worth 42K.

It seems both these contracts are primary for workplaces.

https://www.netcompany.com/govtech/story 
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Sample use case: 👇

"Assisted Tests. Supervisor registers citizens by entering names, email address, photos (from smartphone camera) and scans QR codes on testing box to enter details including unique identifier of the test itself automatically".
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"An audit trail required to determine who conducted test. Citizen takes tests, supervisor validates results and Negative COVID Test Status is issued, possibly as a QR code in app.

Procedure to allow citizens to obtain evidence of their negative COVID test status."
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"Negative COVID Test Status Evidence is provided in the form of a QR code that can be scanned and verified by other individuals & organisations".

https://atamis-1928.cloudforce.com/sfc/p/0O000000rwim/a/4J000000kEtb/q_ZPcSZCX0JVR6ow7pfIyhyUAL7FowwFrt3S2AQfrQk
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The second contract, published on the same date but closing date of 9th November was awarded to the Hub Company.

The Hub Company runs digital transformation programmes.

https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/bf6eef14-6345-429a-a4e7-df68a39bd135?origin=SearchResults&p=1

The contract reads the same.
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The Hub Company Digital healthcare division has already developed and launched their own unique Covid Testing Platform backed by @innovateuk

https://www.thehub.co.uk/covid-19/  https://twitter.com/i/status/1340562623222439936
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Their app technologies then integrates nicely with @NHSCOVID19app.

"The objective was to provide the NHSx, NHS digital and PHE access to a mobile QR health passport certificate app related to antigen / antibody and vaccination tests passed or not."

https://www.thehub.co.uk/news/mobile-covid-19-safework-platform-innovation/
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"The Hub Digital healthcare division can also coordinate patient testing records across NHS, GPs, private healthcare,
pharmacies and a wide array of testing at home options. Enable a mobile digital pass or fail certification for the tested and 24/7 real-time test data".
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"In early 2020 The Hub Company won a government grant from Innovate UK to run Covid tests and issue Digital Certificates via mobile applications on a pass and/or fail
basis."

https://www.thehub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/The-Hub-Solutions-Covid.pdf
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By March they had reconfigured The Hub Healthcare Platform and built 3 applications to include Antigen; Antibody and Vaccine tests with Covid related mobile certificates.

https://www.thehub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/The-Hub-Solutions-Covid.pdf
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"The Hub Covid Platform is now being used to power Covid tests as well as integrates products and services from the likes of AWS; UK Universities, National Express Coaches, Mastercard, ParagonID, Cignpost, Spookfish and many others."

https://www.thehub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/The-Hub-Solutions-Covid.pdf
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Lets just say @GOVUK have this in their pocket. I suspect currently they have no public intention to back the rollout of Digital Health Passports, but at a specific point in the future (Q3 2021) they will have no choice but to roll solutions to save the economy.
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