Customers Vaccinated at Walmart Can Show Status Via Apps

Walmart, which touts "aggressive" plans for expansion into health and wellness among near-term initiatives (see 2102180034), announced Wednesday it will make COVID-19 vaccination records available to customers digitally using the open, interoperable Smart Health Cards standard being developed under the Vaccination Credential Initiative, co-chaired by The Commons Project Foundation (TCP). Customers vaccinated at Walmart and Sam’s Club will be able to view their vaccination records through the free Health Pass by Clear app and TCP’s Android CommonHealth and CommonPass apps to verify their vaccine status for return to travel, work, school, sports events, entertainment and other venues “while protecting their health data privacy,” said Walmart. More than 50 organizations use Health Pass, Walmart said.