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The Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works reminds that, as of tomorrow, Friday 13th August 2021, all passengers who plan to travel to Cyprus by presenting either the COVID-19 Vaccination Certificate or the COVID-19 Recovery Certificate, and which has been issued by the competent authorities of the EU Member States, the Member States of the European Economic Area as well as Switzerland must present it in the EUDCC – EU Digital Certificate format.

Read the article and chat about it below...

For those who can't be bothered to read the whole article......

At the very end it says....

"NB: this does not apply to UK residents."

I cannot find the app in Play Store. Am I the only one?

LouiseCastricum wrote: ↑Fri Aug 13, 2021 4:36 pm I cannot find the app in Play Store. Am I the only one?

Louise. It is there as I downloaded it yesterday. Try EUDCC Cyprus.

In google play store called Covpass Cyprus

Happy in Cyprus wrote: ↑Fri Aug 13, 2021 3:10 am I could be wrong, but I don't see how a non Smart phone can display the square QR code required by scanners.

Pretty certain it can’t.

However, having read a few comments on other social media, am barking up the wrong carob tree here but is there a bit of a terminology issue going on here?

The EU website where we and other EU residents obtain the certificate from clearly refer to it as the ‘EU Digital COVID Certificate’ which we can either download OR print. So digital can mean both its content, ie a QR code, or how it’s presented ie in digital format on a phone for scanning or printed for scanning

Does this announcement just mean that proof of vaccination from EU residents entering EU nations will only be the ‘digital’ certificate with QR code on a phone or printed, rather than all the myriad of vaccination cards each health system probably has which can’t be scanned and is a doddle to fake?

Limiting travel to only those with access to a smartphone, as some are inferring, rather than a printer or a smartphone, would be a new level of crazy.

Feels like maybe something is lost in translation here?

Ian

Jim B wrote: ↑Fri Aug 13, 2021 4:59 pm

LouiseCastricum wrote: ↑Fri Aug 13, 2021 4:36 pm I cannot find the app in Play Store. Am I the only one?

Louise. It is there as I downloaded it yesterday. Try EUDCC Cyprus.

feel so stupid, but still can't find it. drives me crazy.....

LouiseCastricum wrote: ↑Fri Aug 13, 2021 11:27 pm

Jim B wrote: ↑Fri Aug 13, 2021 4:59 pm

LouiseCastricum wrote: ↑Fri Aug 13, 2021 4:36 pm I cannot find the app in Play Store. Am I the only one?

Louise. It is there as I downloaded it yesterday. Try EUDCC Cyprus.

feel so stupid, but still can't find it. drives me crazy.....

It's now under Covpass Cyprus, sorry for the confusion.

Jim

Jim B wrote: ↑Sat Aug 14, 2021 7:01 am

LouiseCastricum wrote: ↑Fri Aug 13, 2021 11:27 pm

Jim B wrote: ↑Fri Aug 13, 2021 4:59 pm

Louise. It is there as I downloaded it yesterday. Try EUDCC Cyprus.

feel so stupid, but still can't find it. drives me crazy.....

It's now under Covpass Cyprus, sorry for the confusion.

Jim

Found it, but.... can't install it on my Samsung phone as apparently my type of Samsung is not suitable for this app. I have the printed version with the QR code, that will have to do.

mouse wrote: ↑Fri Aug 13, 2021 7:02 pm I was asking not inferring 're non smartphone users, but as you mentioned a new level of crazy , it's not much worse than the current level of crazy . The old expression " stop the world I want to get off" has never been more pertinent!

The ‘inferring’ comment was not aimed at you Mouse, but other social media comments I have read on this subject as mentioned in my post.

Ian