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How IBM's COVID-19 Vaccine Passport Works
Resume![The new Excelsior Pass app, a digital pass that people can download to show proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test. (NY Governor's Press Office via AP)](https://wordpress.wbur.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/AP21086651138768-1-1000x656.jpg)
A number of technology companies and nonprofits are working on developing vaccine passports — digital passes that allow people to store and share their COVID-19 vaccination status or test results.
This week, New York became the first state to launch a vaccine pass, called the Excelsior Pass, developed with IBM.
Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd talks with Jason Kelley, a general manager at IBM.
This segment aired on April 1, 2021.