Slovakia will participate in the testing of Covid passes. They should be launched in mid-June

Slovakia has received several proposals for bilateral recognition of vaccinations.

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Slovakia is preparing for the launch of so-called Covid passes, informed State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Martin Klus.

“Efforts are still being made to implement the digital, green passes on June 15, as scheduled,” he said, as quoted by the TASR newswire. “Slovakia will also participate in testing these digital certificates. We will not risk anything and could join other EU countries in mid-June,” Klus noted.

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He also observed that on the Slovak side, the Health Ministry and the Ministry of Informatization are working on the Covid passes. Klus added that despite talks about coordination, some member countries of the EU are worried about whether they will succeed in issuing the Covid passes on time, before the summer holidays. He said they are considering this type of document on a regional scale.

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