Covid-19 vaccine passport: Where the document will be required in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The rule will come into force after the Rio de Janeiro Court of Appeals on Monday, September 13, rejected a request for an injunction to repeal it.

Sanctioned on August 27 by Mayor Eduardo Paes, the measure would be implemented from September 1, but was deferred due to instability in the online ConecteSUS confirmation platform.

The decree states that Rio residents are required to present proof – be it a printed certificate, a physical or digital booklet – of the first dose, the second dose, or a single dose vaccine, according to the schedule defined for each age group and the deadline for second dose vaccination.

Verification is compulsory in the following establishments:

• gyms, swimming pools, training and physical conditioning centers and social clubs;
• Olympic villages, stadiums and sports gyms;
• movie theaters, theaters, concert halls, game halls, circuses, children’s recreation and skating rinks;
• entertainment activities, except when expressly restricted;
• tourist attractions, museums, art galleries and exhibitions, aquariums, amusement parks, theme parks, water parks, shows, and drive-ins.

The inspection and enforcement of the measure will be the responsibility of each establishment. The establishments will also be sent a calendar with the stipulated dates for the first and second doses. People with overdue doses will be denied access.

Each establishment must also maintain the health measures to fight Covid-19, such as minimum distance, capacity limits, and the mandatory use of masks, in force until September 20.

ISSUING THE DIGITAL CERTIFICATE

To access the ConecteSUS app, users must first register on the federal government’s website, using their CPF and creating a password. The certification of the first, second, or single dose vaccine is issued automatically after the individual has been vaccinated.

The document is available in the “Vaccinations” section of the app/website and is displayed by clicking on the “Digital vaccination card” option. In the upper corner of the page, there is a link that allows users to save the document on their cell phones in PDF format.

According to the Ministry of Health, the app’s data are fed by states and municipalities through the National Health Data Network (RNDS) and may take up to ten days to be updated.

If the data are not available after this period, the Ministry recommends that citizens visit the vaccination facility or the state or municipal health department in their region to request the information to be sent to the network.