CovPass

In 2021, the European Union introduced the digital COVID certificate as an EU-wide recognised proof of vaccination, recovery or negative testing for COVID-19. This regulation expired on 30 June 2023. On a transitional basis, the EU will continue to operate the technical systems to enable cross-border certificate checks until 31 December 2023. The transitional operation will end on that date. There is currently no international system with comparable functions and scope. In Germany, the possibility of issuing digital COVID certificates such as vaccination and recovery certificates will therefore be discontinued on 31 December 2023. The CovPass app and the CovPassCheck app will therefore also be discontinued. The CovPass app will be switched to wallet mode, where the stored certificates will be retained. What does this mean for you? All functionalities will continue to be available until 31 December 2023. From 1 January 2024: • Your existing certificates in the CovPass app will still be stored on your smartphone. • You will still be able to access your saved certificates in the CovPass app. • You will be able to export saved certificates as a PDF ("Create PDF" function). • You will no longer be able to add new certificates (we have removed the function for scanning certificates.) • You will no longer be able to renew technically expired certificates in the app. Therefore, no reference is made to their expiry or renewal. • Support for the app will no longer be offered. • The apps will no longer be available for (re)download in the app store. • No new functions will be published. Further information can also be found in the CovPass app privacy policy.