Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Chris Fearne said that a process is ongoing with Identity Malta to ensure that the vaccine certificates are deemed safe and reliable.

“Our priority is to keep our community as safe as possible. We need to be sure that whoever makes use of the Digital Green passport, or the Covid-19 vaccine certificate is using it in a safe, secure and reliable manner,” Fearne said.

On Monday, Prime Minister Robert Abela together with Deputy Minister Fearne announced that Malta will have the possibility to get a hold of a Covid-19 vaccine certificate which will be used to facilitate travel, visits to the elderly, and the restart of certain social and cultural events.

“Our priority is to keep our community as safe as possible. We need to be sure that whoever makes use of the Digital Green passport, or the Covid-19 vaccine certificate, is using it in a safe, secure and reliable manner,” Fearne said.

“We need to be in a position in which we will be able to properly identify and deem the Covid-19 certificates as secure and safe,” Fearne said.

The digital green certificate will act as a certificate showing the bearer’s vaccination status or Covid-19 test results. It could also include evidence of having survived the disease. Brussels plans on starting to issue the certificate in June, in time for the EU’s summer vacation period.

Fearne remarked that the “use of the digital green certificate needs to be looked at with caution because one needs to keep in mind that not every country has a list of the people who had Covid-19 and recovered. We need to ensure that every person who comes in our country is truly secure.”

Speaking about donating vaccines to other countries, after the Nationalist Party suggested that the Maltese government should donate to other countries, Fearne reassured that these donations will be made, but “we first need to ensure that the people in our country are reassured and are offered the peace of mind.”

Concerning children traveling abroad, Fearne remarked that the government is currently working on giving the vaccine to children between the ages of 12-15 years. They will be able to travel with a vaccine certificate once they have received their vaccination.