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  • Update on Vaccine Certification Service and COVIDCert NI App

    Date published: 29 July 2021

    Work is ongoing to resolve the issues with the Northern Ireland COVID Certification Service and COVIDCert NI; and a further announcement will be made later today.

    covid cert update

    Work is ongoing to resolve the issues with the Northern Ireland COVID Certification Service and COVIDCert NI; and a further announcement will be made later today.

    The service will be returned in a phased and managed way and will be strictly limited to specific dates of travel, at any particular time, while we ensure that the service is working as expected.

    Applications for vaccine certificates, up to and including the 31st July have been, or are in the process of being completed.

    Further information for those travelling on 1 August 2021 will be announced later today and published on NIDirect website.

    Notes to editors:

    1. For media enquiries please contact DoH Press Office by email: pressoffice@health-ni.gov.uk
    2. Follow us on twitter @healthdpt.
    3. The Executive Information Service operates an out of hours service for media enquiries only between 1800hrs and 0800hrs Monday to Friday and at weekends and public holidays. The duty press officer can be contacted on 028 9037 8110.

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