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Maybe you’ve been nervously carrying your COVID-19 vaccine card for months, worried you’ll lose it. Maybe you’ve already misplaced it and had to request a new one.
Worries and hassle, be gone: you can now access your vaccination record and keep it on your smartphone.
Anyone who received their shots in Massachusetts can now get an official electronic vaccination card — complete with a scannable QR code — through the state’s COVID-19 SMART Health Card program.
This alternative form of proof comes in time for Boston’s vaccine mandate. On Jan. 15, the city started requiring proof of vaccination to enter restaurants, gyms and sporting and entertainment venues. These establishments will honor a physical vaccine card or a copy (digital or printed) of it.
The QR code is what most obviously distinguishes the SMART Health Card from previous forms of proof. COVID-19 SMART Health Card readers can scan the QR code and immediately access your complete — and official — COVID vaccination history, along with any immunizations you received in the state. (Yes, that includes the measles shot you got at 4 years old, as long as you were living in Massachusetts at the time).
Here’s how you can get your digital COVID-19 vaccination card, with videos and screenshots to help:
First, submit a request:
If your request was approved, access your SMART Health Card:
To save your SMART Health Card to your phone:
(For all phones) Directly download it to your phone’s camera roll.
(For iPhones iOS 15 or later) Add it to Apple Health and Apple Wallet.
For Android phones:
What’s in your SMART Health Card?
See something wrong or missing?
Other ways to access your card:
If you open the SMART Health Card on your computer but want it on your phone:
If you like the tactility of a physical card, you can print out your SMART Health Card and use that instead.
Vanessa Ochavillo Newsroom Fellow
Vanessa Ochavillo is a WBUR newsroom fellow.
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