Department of Health(DOH)

January 10, 2022 Dear EDMEL DELPILAR, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Jan 08, 2022 05:07:12 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for VAXCERT PH CORRECTION. Response to Request Your FOI request is approved. VaxCertPH is the official digital vaccination certificate for Filipinos and non-Filipinos vaccinated in the Philippines that may be used for international and domestic travel. It complies with the WHO Digital Documentation of COVID-19 Certificates (DDCC) guidelines. This is a project developed by the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) for the Department of Health (DOH). For the complete FAQs, visit: https://bit.ly/vaxcertphfaq Please be advised that the encoding of data in the VaxCert system is still under soft launch and is only operational for OFWs and Filipinos travelling abroad. This is because many vaccination records have yet to be uploaded into the DICT Vaccine Administration System (DVAS) by a number of LGUs nationwide The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) issued an advisory advising that all LGUs are to accept the VaxCert digital certificate or the LGU issued vaccination card, whichever is available, until such time that the VaxCertPH program is fully operational. There is currently no national policy requiring domestic travelers to use VaxCertPH exclusively in order to be issued an S-Pass Domestic travelers may use the LGU issued vaccination card in the absence of the VaxCertPH digital certificate when travelling. The Booster shot is still not yet included in VaxCert system by the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), hence, kindly present your updated vaccination card with booster shot when travelling. For concerns on no data, corrections or incomplete vaccination information in VaxCert, kindly coordinate with your LGU where you received your vaccination to facilitate revisions and generate the vaccination certificate. Thank you Your right to request a review If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to Undersecretary Lilibeth C. David, Chair of Data Governance Oversight Committee/ DOH Central Appeals and Review Committee, at [email protected]. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request. If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011). Thank you. Respectfully, FOI Decision Maker FOI Receiving Officer