HELSINKI (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 02nd June, 2021) Estonia won't be able to join the European Union's digital COVID-19 certificate system for the time being due to technical issues, Social Affairs Undersecretary for E-Health and Innovation Kalle Killar said on Wednesday.
The bloc's IT infrastructure for digital certificates went online on Tuesday in testing mode. Seven EU nations � Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Croatia and Poland � have already joined and begun issuing digital COVID-19 certificates.
"We, of course, would like to have been among the first [adopters], but, unfortunately, during the weekend we learned that a part of applications was not ready in time. We cannot allow the system to operate without safety tests. We will not rush it, [and] test the entire system. Everything will be ready next week," Killar told the public broadcaster ERR.
The EU is planning to introduce digital COVID-19 certificates throughout the bloc from July 1 to August 12. The certificate will contain the owner's personal data, including information on vaccination, recovery from the disease and testing results.
