Written question asked by Lord McColl of Dulwich (Conservative) on Thursday, 18 November 2021, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 2 December 2021. It was answered by Lord Kamall (Conservative) on Tuesday, 7 December 2021 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

Coronavirus Certificates

Question: To ask Her Majesty's Government when the NHS app will include information about a British national’s COVID-19 vaccination status where the vaccinations were administered outside the UK.

Answer: We have provided a pilot service at selected vaccination centres for residents to request their overseas vaccines are uploaded to the national database. A national service will be launched in December which will support online bookings with further vaccination sites available. AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Moderna and Janssen vaccines in the United States of America, the European Union, the European Economic Area, Canada, Switzerland and Australia regulated by the European Medicines Agency, the Food and Drug Administration, Health Canada, Swissmedic and Therapeutic Goods Administration can generate an NHS COVID Pass. A range of vaccines are administered worldwide and we are working to understand which non-Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency-approved equivalent vaccines we would be confident to recognise in the NHS COVID Pass.

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