Hayyakum (حيَّاكم) - COVID-19 Vaccine Digital Certificate: A Blockchain Approach

ABSTRACT

As a consequence of the global pandemic, many restrictions and rules were enforced. One predicament was the travel restrictions and requirements put into place with regard to vaccinations. Countries worldwide now require people to be vaccinated upon entry. The process of validating vaccine doses requires lots of paperwork and is inefficient. Blockchain is an uprising technology that is secure and fast at carrying out transactions. We propose implementing vaccine dose verifications between countries through vaccine certificates using Blockchain as an effective solution. The need for a common shared database, avoiding a trusted third party to administrate the network, having several countries involved, ensuring privacy and security, and accountability logs make Blockchain needed in this scenario. Digital vaccine certificates are very sensitive information that must be kept private and secure but accessible to several entities. Blockchain ensures the aforementioned requirements are met while preserving the integrity of the VDCs. This paper describes blockchain technology and its application in digital vaccine certificates. © 2022 IEEE.