{"id":33330,"date":"2021-03-26T16:29:19","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T23:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=33330"},"modified":"2021-03-26T16:29:19","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T23:29:19","slug":"new-york-launches-nations-first-vaccine-passport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=33330","title":{"rendered":"New York launches nation&#8217;s first &#8216;vaccine passport&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New York has become the first state to launch a \u201cvaccine passport\u201d that can be used to get into certain venues.<\/p>\n<p>Called an Excelsior Pass, the passport will be available on a phone app in the form of a QR code that can be scanned to prove the owner has been vaccinated, USA Today\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/chcqvkhrmttfskstfgcmmfqqmhfzthtnnlmrkjzttghhpm_tzjlvvhzhklclcmpclpw.html?a=&amp;b=37908\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/chcqvkhrmttfskstfgcmmfqqmhfzthtnnlmrkjzttghhpm_tzjlvvhzhklclcmpclpw.html?a%3D%26b%3D37908&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1616882890772000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFzbYfgdmaRCd1myPxK8I_8aGSIJQ\">reported on Friday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The pass will be used at entertainment venues and can allow for increased crowd sizes for events such as weddings.<\/p>\n<p>Other countries including\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/vmpmdqrbyffncqcfnkhyynmmyrnzfrfttgybqjzffkrrkr_tzjlvvhzhklclcmpclpw.html?a=&amp;b=37908\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/vmpmdqrbyffncqcfnkhyynmmyrnzfrfttgybqjzffkrrkr_tzjlvvhzhklclcmpclpw.html?a%3D%26b%3D37908&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1616882890772000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEJVRG25nZvXE9ewI1xaUW9aEkWmw\">Denmark<\/a>\u00a0have already begun implementing their own vaccine passports.<\/p>\n<p>The app for New York is being funded by the state and was built on IBM\u2019s digital health pass platform, USA Today reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York has become the first&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","category-u-s-a"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33330"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33331,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33330\/revisions\/33331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}