Blockchain & crypto news from India
The Maharashtra government has been using blockchain technology to issue and allow verification of reports with negative results for Covid-19. The Department of Disaster Management and Recovery has tied up with a private start-up, Print2Block to arrange for all negative reports to be managed over blockchain. Print2Block is an award-winning Chennai based startup, whose digital…
Two hospitals in the UK are using a distributed ledger to scrutinize the cold storage of temperature-sensitive COVID-19 vaccines. The mass campaign to vaccinate people against COVID-19 is a monumental challenge. Adding to the problem is the fact that some vaccines become useless if not kept at ultralow temperatures. Warwick in central England and Stratford-upon-Avon…
South Korea Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun makes it known that the country will introduce blockchain powered vaccine passports through a smartphone application this month. Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun said, “the people will be able to experience a sense of return to normality from a vaccine passport or green card systems,” he said during a daily…