COVID-19 vaccination certificates

COVID-19 vaccination certificates

This page contains information about the COVID-19 vaccination certificate for system developers. The specifications related to the processing of COVID-19 vaccination certificates for patient data systems and instructions for verifying the information of the national vaccination certificate are available on the subpages.

Kela produces COVID-19 vaccination certificates in compliance with EU specifications:

  • COVID-19 vaccination certificate,
  • a certificate of a negative result from the most recent COVID-19 test, and
  • a certificate of recovery from COVID-19.

Specifications of COVID-19 vaccination certificates

The specification documents describe the changes related to the first and second phases of the COVID-19 vaccination certificate. The specification documents are available on the following subpage:

Authentication of data on COVID-19 certificates

Links to the authentication process of COVID-19 certificates and the specifications related to reading the data are available on this subpage:

Further information

Last updated 11.7.2023