Blockchain digital test certificates for COVID-19

Abstract

COVID-19 is a pandemic outbreak for each country worldwide. Each government needs to monitor every citizen and the COVID-19 test becomes an essential evidence for people who are travelling. This gives rise to the necessity of disruptive technologies such as Blockchain. In this paper, we provide an overview of the Hyperledger and Ethereum platforms and present how healthcare organizations can control and monitor digital health test certificates with citizens or other stakeholders. We also present a smart contract structure and implementation for COVID-19 test certificates in both blockchain platforms.