Frontiers in Health Informatics www.ijmi.ir 2021; 10: 72 Open Access Copyright© 2021, Published by Frontiers in Health Informatics. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY) License (http://creativecommons.org/). Vaccine passport: A futuristic approach to combat the global spread of COVID-19 pandemic Nitin Tyagi 1 * , Sukanya Gangopadhyay 2 , Charanjeet Kaur 3 1 Senior Resident, Department of Biochemistry, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India 2 Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital,New Delhi, India 3 Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India Article Info A B S T R A C T Article type: Letter to Editor As hope of normalcy has seemingly returned to the world following the approval and rollout of various vaccines in many countries, the idea of creating a vaccine passport which would prime the access of air travel and several public and private places to COVID-19 vaccination is thriving. A vaccine passport is a user-friendly app containing a users’ verifiable vaccination credentials on their mobile or other electronic devices in order to officially prove that they have indeed been vaccinated on a particular date and time. Article History: Received: 2021-02-07 Accepted: 2021-04-18 Published: 2021-04-18 * Corresponding author: Nitin Tyagi Senior Resident, Department of Biochemistry, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India Email: drnitintyagi1903@gmail.com Keywords: Vaccine Passport COVID-19 Vaccination Cite this paper as: Tyagi N, Gangopadhyay S, Kaur C. Vaccine Passport: A Futuristic Approach to Combat the Global Spread of COVID-19 Pandemic. Front Health Inform. 2021; 10: 72. DOI: 10.30699/fhi.v10i1.277 DEAR EDITOR With the introduction of COVID-19 vaccine, a new ray of hope of normalcy has seemingly returned to the world. It has led to the idea of creation of an entity called vaccine passport -which would prime the access of air travel and several public and private places to COVID-19 vaccination. What is a vaccine passport? A vaccine passport is an entity of user-friendly application containing a user’s verifiable vaccination particulars or credentials on their mobile or other electronic devices in order to prove the recognition of being vaccinated on a particular date and time officially. The digital vaccination document often called updated version of immunity passport with the proof of vaccination, may then be utilized to gain access to work places, cinemas, public transport, restaurants, and even foreign countries. How would a vaccine passport work? In theory, the vaccine passport works by allowing users, airlines, laboratories, defense forces and other relevant public and private agencies access to a universal database. Depending on the need, they could then take out or place the required information from or into the database. For instance, border authorities or airlines could verify the validity of a travelers’ inoculation status and the type of the administered vaccine. This would allow the authorities to obtain information on the type and efficacy of administered vaccine and act suitably. Borders authorities or airlines won’t need to do manual verification of the names of the health facility or type of administered vaccine either by phone or email. From the travelers’ point of view, the vaccine passport would allow them to instantly learn of a particular nation’s vaccination requirements. It may contribute to the long-term management of the COVID-19 pandemic.