PM Shmyhal: Digital COVID certificate in Diia app allows to travel easily to EU

"Today, the European Commission adopted a decision on mutual recognition of digital COVID certificates issued by Ukraine and the EU ... The decision of the European Commission shows a high level of trust in Ukraine and makes Ukrainians' trips to Europe easier," Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal posted on Telegram, Ukrinform reports.

Ukrainian digital COVID certificate allows to travel to the European Union without impediment and is now recognized within the EU. he added.

Earlier, the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine informed that the European Union officially recognized that the Ukrainian COVID certificates in the Diia application corresponded to the European ones.

A COVID certificate is a document in the Diia application which will confirm the status of vaccination, negative PCR test result, or recovery from coronavirus disease. The certificate will appear next to other digital documents in the application.

On August 20, the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, the Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine, and the Head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine will hold a briefing to inform about the project, its technical part, how everything will work, and when Ukrainians will be able to travel with COVID certificates in the Diia application.

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