COVID Passports

Airport testing and COVID passports in Thailand: Q&A with Dr Rome Buathong

Airport testing and COVID passports in Thailand: Q&A with Dr Rome Buathong

As a medical doctor with the Port Health and Quarantine Office at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Dr Rome Buathong played a central role in setting up and managing testing operations at Thailand’s largest and busiest airport. In this Q&A with Lab Insights, he discusses the key considerations involved in ensuring the safe reopening of a […]

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In a world without COVID data standards, a digital health ecosystem emerges

In a world without COVID data standards, a digital health ecosystem thrives

We’re still at the point in this pandemic where talking about opening-up feels a bit premature—tempting fate, as it were. But it’s not only the virus that could be holding things up: there’s also the lack of agreement on global standards to record, share and verify data about an individual’s health status that would accompany

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COVID passes, ‘self-sovereign identity’ and the future of medical data

COVID passes, ‘self-sovereign identity’ and the future of medical data

Key to returning the world to normal in the COVID era is to have an agreed means of confirming that those who wish to move around have tested negative, been vaccinated, or fulfill whatever criteria authorities decide allow for safe passage. While there are dozens of solutions being explored and piloted, debate still revolves about

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Border control policy and COVID diagnostics in Asia: insights from Dr Swee Kheng Khor

Border control policy & covid diagnostics - Dr Khor Swee Kheng

Even with the widespread rollout of vaccines, negative COVID test results remain a requirement for crossing borders in most countries. In this Q&A, global health expert Dr Swee Kheng (“SK”) Khor discusses the current state of border control policy in the Asia Pacific region and the critical role of clinical laboratories in safe travel ecosystems.

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COVID health passes and credentials: what clinical labs need to know

COVID health passes and credentials: what clinical labs need to know

Clinical labs face a steep learning curve when integrating themselves into the new world of COVID-related “health passes”—the digital or paper certificates that allow individuals to demonstrate proof of a test result or vaccine record in order to cross borders, join events, enter facilities or otherwise move about the world with greater freedom than is

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For vaccination ‘passports’, the past offers a glimpse at the challenges ahead

For vaccination passports, the past offers a glimpse at the challenges ahead

Optimism about the development and rollout of vaccines for COVID-19 has spurred efforts to efficiently record and authenticate those who have been vaccinated. This has inspired new discussions of how to create a ‘vaccination passport’ that would allow the carrier to be able to travel between countries, return to work, go to school, attend events

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