California has started offering residents a digital record of their coronavirus vaccinations that they can use to access businesses or events that require proof they got the shot. The state’s public health and technology departments said Friday that the new tool will allow Californians to access their record from the state’s immunization registry.
The record will show the same information as paper cards issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It comes as California this week lifted many pandemic-related restrictions. Vaccinated people are no longer required to wear masks in most places.
To access the information, Californians will enter into a state website their name, date of birth and email or phone associated with their vaccine records and they will be asked to create a four-digit PIN. The record will include a QR code that users can save to their mobile phones.
By DON THOMPSON and AMY TAXIN Associated Press
