CoWin Vaccine Certificates To Have Full Birth Date For International Travellers: Official
NDTV
The new format of date of birth will be in "yyyy-mm-dd" format as per the WHO standards for international travellers.
People who have taken both doses of Covid-19 vaccines and want to travel abroad will have a CoWin vaccination certificate with their full date of birth, National Health Authority (NHA) chief Dr RS Sharma said.
The date will follow the "yyyy-mm-dd" (Year-Month-Day) format and it will be as per World Health Organization (WHO) standards for international travellers.
Speaking to ANI, Dr Sharma said, "As the world is slowly opening up for business and travel, we are working continously to ensure that international travellers can travel stress-free. This new feature and the format of date of birth will be in "yyyy-mm-dd" format as per the WHO standards for international travellers."
He said that everyone travelling abroad can update their vaccination certificates on CoWin by entering their date of birth as per their passports and downloading the certificates again.
