Developers add support for digital Covid health passes to NFC chip implant

Swedish developers have demonstrated how an NFC chip implanted in a user’s hand or arm can be used to store a digital version of their Covid vaccination or test certificate.

The chip uses technology developed at the Epicenter innovation centre in Stockholm that is already being used to allow employees to gain access to its premises and has also been trialled by Swedish transport operator SJ as a means of storing digital rail tickets.