Green card for getting around: clarifications to all doubts – Pescara

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Green certification (o green pass) will be released from the date of completion of the vaccination cycle, therefore immediately for those who have made a single dose. For those who have only done the first and must do two to complete the cycle, instead, a certificate will be given that will have the same value and will last from the 15th day following the administration until the inoculation of the second dose.
The certification will last for 9 months and no more than six. The novelty on the time limit was introduced in the latest government decree.
Here is the complete guide, with the answers provided by the Ministry of Health, to the main questions on the use and expiration of the certification.
What is meant by Covid-19 green certification?
“Green certification means a certification proving either the vaccination against Sars-Cov-2 or the recovery from the infection, which corresponds to the end date of isolation, prescribed following the finding of a positive swab, or from the report of a rapid molecular or antigenic test for the detection of the virus with a negative result, performed in the preceding 48 hours ».
Who issues the Covid-19 green certification and what validity is it?
“The Covid-19 green certification of vaccination is issued in paper or digital format by the health facility or by the competent regional health service. The duration of the green pass for vaccinated it will be different depending on the type of serum received. Article 4 of the decree approved last Monday states that “the green Covid-19 certification is valid for 9 months from the date of completion of the vaccination cycle”.
Paragraph 2 specifies that the green pass “It is released at the same time as the administration of the first dose and is valid from the fifteenth day following the administration, until the date scheduled for the completion of the vaccination cycle (when two doses are planned)”.
The green certification of successful recovery is issued, again in paper or digital format, at the same time as the end of isolation, by the hospital in which an admission was made, by the competent ASL, by general practitioners or by free choice pediatricians. At the moment, the validity is six months from the date of termination of isolation. Finally, the certification of carrying out a rapid or molecular antigen test for the detection of the virus, with negative results, is issued by public and private authorized and accredited health structures, pharmacies or general practitioners and pediatricians of free choice who deliver such tests. The validity of the certification is 48 hours from the collection of the biological material ».
What can i do if i have a green certification?
“From June 15, 2021, in the yellow zone, parties resulting from civil or religious ceremonies are allowed, even indoors, in compliance with specific protocols and guidelines and with the requirement that participants have one of the green certifications”.
If I have one or more green certifications, can I not wear the mask, not frequently sanitize my hands, not respect the physical distance?
“No, hygiene measures must always be respected, as it cannot be guaranteed the total elimination of the risk of first infection in the vaccinated or reinfection in the recovered, also due to the circulation of variants, nor can the risk of transmission of the virus.
Equally, the risk of first infection and, consequently, the risk of transmission in those with a negative swab is not excluded.
Therefore, all citizens must continue to wear masks, respect physical distancing and frequently sanitize their hands, even if they have a green Covid-19 certification “.
Can I also get green certification with a serological test?
“No, at the moment the serological test is not a test envisaged for the issue of the green certification”.
What happens when the green certification expires?
“As for the times currently indicated for the validity of the Covid-19 green certification of vaccination and that of healing, it should be noted that this deadline has been set provisionally, also in view of the imminent entry into force of the Digital Green Certificate, provided for by a proposal for a European Regulation, which should be approved shortly and come into force next June.
The indications for the issuance of these certifications will be subject to periodic revision, on the basis of the scientific evidence that will become available and the indications that will be provided within the EU ».
What is the Digital Green Certificate?
“Digital Green Certificate means a certificate, digital or paper, identified as having been vaccinated against Covid-19, or having cured or carrying out a molecular or antigenic test for Sars-Cov-2 with a negative result, applicable at European level, through a barcode (QRcode), verifiable through digital validation systems, associated with a unique identification code at national level.
European interoperability will take place thanks to the definition of common data and rules, which must be used for the issuance of certificates in the 27 countries of the European Union and to the development of national and European IT platforms and tools that will guarantee the issuance, validation and acceptance of certificates. The Digital Green Certificate will be free and available in Italian and English ».
What is the purpose of the Digital Green Certificate?
«The aim is to facilitate the movement of citizens between the various countries of the European Union, through the definition of common criteria between the 27 countries and the use of interoperable certificates, which could avoid quarantine periods or further tests. Another purpose is the reduction of forgeries of certificates.
Possession of one of the certificates is not a prerequisite for traveling, but it facilitates travel ».
When will the Digital Green Certificate come into effect?
“The entry into force is scheduled for June 2021”.
Will Italy join the Digital Green Certificate?
“Yes, Italy will join and, together with the Regions, the national platform is being created, which will allow the centralized release of DGCs that will be interoperable both at national and at European level through the appropriate gateway European Union which will ensure the verification of their validity upon entry into any other State of the European Union “.
Are the Covid-19 green certification and the European Digital Green Certificate the same thing?
“No. Green certificates are issued at a regional level and are valid only on the national territory and until the entry into force of the Digital Green Certificate, which will instead be issued by a national platform, fed with data transmitted by the regions, and will contain a two-dimensional bars (QRcode) to digitally verify their authenticity and validity ».
What will the European Digital Green Certificate be used for?
“It will be necessary to move in the European Union in addition to being valid on the national territory for the movements and activities for which certification is required”
Does green certification also allow me to travel to other European countries?
“The Covid-19 green certification is valid only on the national territory, as at the moment the system and the rules of the Digital Green Certificate have not entered into force, therefore to go abroad you are subject to the regulations of the individual countries where you are bears “.

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