A peek behind the IT curtain of EU's 'vaccine passport'

Frankfurt (AFP) June 1, 2021

From video calls involving 130 people to no-shows at the general rehearsal, Josef Lieven and his team of software engineers faced their share of challenges on the road to Europe's digital Covid certificate. But some 10 weeks later, they are ready to launch the region's first online "vaccine passport", with the lofty aim of making summer travel easier for Europeans. "There's a feeling of