THE Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) estimates it may take until midyear for 90 percent of the vaccination data from local government units (LGU) to be uploaded to its VaxCertPH portal.
In a televised interview on Thursday, Acting Information Secretary Emmanuel Rey R. Caintic said currently, the rate of uploaded data in VaxCertPH range between 70 and 80 percent as many LGUs continue with their vaccination drive.
“Whenever additional vaccine supplies arrive, they would have to catch up [with] encoding the additional data,” Caintic said.
Caintic said the uploading of vaccination data from LGUs became faster after they coordinated with the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) to address the backlogs.
Based on their “optimistic” projection, he said it may take three to four more months, when LGUs start wrapping up their inoculation drive, before the rate of uploaded vaccination data to VaxCertPH could reach 90 percent.
VaxCertPH is the government’s vaccination certificate portal for people, who already got their Covid-19 jabs.
Recently, Caintic said they updated the portal to include additional security features as well as data on the booster shots received by an individual.
He said the certification from VaxCertPH is now recognized by 39 countries.