Germany has awarded a tender to a consortium led by IBM to develop a secure app that will provide a digital version of the country’s paper vaccine certificates.

The €2.7 million ($3.2 million) contract covers the app and a backend system to allow for integration with IT systems operating in medical practices and vaccination centres, according to details published in the Official Journal of the EU.

Along with IBM, the consortium includes Ubirch, a specialist in the blockchain technology underpinning cryptocurrencies that will be used to make sure the digital certificates are secure from hacking or counterfeiting, and IT group Bechtle.

Germany currently uses a paper system, referred to as the yellow vaccination card, to record a patient’s vaccine records, but the new app will be “an additional option” to keep the information on a smartphone.

In January, EU member states agreed to develop an interoperable standard for vaccination certificates that can be used across the bloc in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and shortly after that German Chancellor Angela Merkel said digital vaccination certificates allowing people to travel in Europe amid the pandemic could be available before the summer

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