Covid-19 Vaccination Certificate: What Is It and What Is It For?

How long will the vaccination certificates be
valid?
It is unknown so far. But the European Union countries say that the document will be valid
during the pandemic. The Europeans will be guided by the World Health Organisation’s
declaration on the end of public health emergency.
Are there fake “vaccine” certificates?
Unfortunately, there are. Today we know about cases of fake vaccination certificates in
Kazakhstan – 4 criminal cases by the end of June – and in Russia.
These countries provide for the punishment for falsification of this document. According to
the Criminal Code of Kazakhstan, falsification of the vaccination certificate involves a fine

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COVID-19 Vaccination Certificate: What Is It and What Is It For?
in the amount of 5.8 million tenge (13.4 thousand dollars) or correctional tasks or
community works, or restraint of liberty or imprisonment for up to two years.
The use of the fake vaccination certificate involves a fine in the amount of 466.7 thousand
tenge (1,091 dollars), or correctional tasks or community works, or detention for 40 days.
It is reported that the cost of fake “vaccine” certificates in Kazakhstan varies from 10 to
30 thousand tenge (20.5 to 70.5 dollars).
In Russia, the main directorate of the interior ministry in Moscow 
initiated
 24 criminal
cases over fake Covid-19 vaccination certificates, 3 of which were brought to trial. The
swindlers sold vaccination certificates for 4-5 thousand roubles (54-67 dollars) in average.
One year in prison is provided for the purchase of a fake certificate, and 2 years for the
use of a fake QR code.
What does WHO think about Covid
certificates?
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of World Health Organisation, 
said
 on
July 2 that vaccine certificates should not lead to discrimination of other countries where