The Chinese University of Hong Kong has partnered with Ethereum developer ConsenSys to launch the Medoxie COVID-19 Digital Health Passport. Blockchain-based, this new product could aid healthcare workers combat the pandemic.

The passport utilizes blockchain technology to record a patient'due south COVID-19-related events — including examination results, temperature checks and vaccinations — to provide a safety pathway to total economic reopening post-pandemic. Information held on the passport is said to exist stored deeply and privately.

Initially, the digital passport will exist accessed by medical professionals and academics within Hong Kong'due south healthcare industry, paving the way for a new mobile app that volition exist extended to patients subsequently on. The passport infrastructure has been built using ConsenSys Quorum and Codefi Orchestrate.

Dr. Arafet Ben Makhlouf, senior technical architect at ConsenSys, explained how the passport could aid Hong Kong and other regions transition back to normal life following the multi-yr pandemic:

"This COVID-xix blockchain passport uses trusted blockchain applied science to protect user data, making it verifiable and secure. We are proud to support the Chinese University of Hong Kong with its efforts to apply innovative technologies to help health sectors and communities proactively respond to COVID-19 and transition back to life as normal."

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ConsenSys has been the recipient of major investments in recent years, culminating in a $65 million raise in April led past banking giants JPMorgan Chase, Mastercard and UBS.

The Chinese University of Hong Kong has been exploring the use of blockchain technology for several years. During the peak of the pandemic in early on 2020, a university professor claimed that blockchain technology could assistance prevent the spread of COVID-19.

The pandemic has infected more than 176.three million people globally, according to Johns Hopkins University. Nearly 2.iv billion vaccine doses take been distributed.