Traveling to Finland
Jun 22, 2021, 2:12 am
#543
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This is a long post, but am I accepted to Finnair flight to Helsinki from South-Europe without a rapid antigen test/ PCR test as I am citizen of Finland and have first dose of corona vaccination? IATA Covid 19 Map says that fully vaccinated or one dose and positive covid infection recovered. Finnair site in Finnish says that one dose allows boarding their flight. OKAY: Flores post says yes.
Jun 22, 2021, 2:40 am
#544
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Jun 22, 2021, 3:44 am
#545
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This is a long post, but am I accepted to Finnair flight to Helsinki from South-Europe without a rapid antigen test/ PCR test as I am citizen of Finland and have first dose of corona vaccination? IATA Covid 19 Map says that fully vaccinated or one dose and positive covid infection recovered. Finnair site in Finnish says that one dose allows boarding their flight. OKAY: Flores post says yes.
Jun 22, 2021, 3:49 am
#546
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I just don t get it, Germany is way below 25 for a week or two but the restrictions are still in place. So how often Finland updates the rules? Monthly, bi-weekly or weekly?
Jun 22, 2021, 4:29 am
#548
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However, ECDC shows over 40 for Germany: https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/cases-2019-ncov-eueea
Jun 22, 2021, 7:55 am
#549
Join Date: Aug 2015
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Originally Posted by Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
Certificate validator app to be introduced on 1 July
The content and accuracy of the EU Digital COVID Certificate can be checked using a digital validator app. The validator app will be introduced in Finland on 1 July. It is a mobile application designed for the use by authorities responsible for health security at border crossing points. They will use it to scan the QR code of the vaccination certificates. Travellers can show the certificate on paper or on their mobile phones. The QR code will show the name and vaccinations of the traveller.
The validator app will be primarily used by health authorities and authorities providing executive assistance, such as the Border Guard.
Jun 22, 2021, 9:51 am
#550
Join Date: May 2014
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Updated:
So what you get is the same data as you can read on the rest of the document, including the certificate URN, plus the passport-transliterated names. The whole thing is formatted as CBOR, then compressed (raw) with Zlib and finally encoded in Base45. There's also binary stuff which I didn't take the time to figure out, presumably a digital signature.
Last edited by Courmisch; Jun 22, 2021 at 11:27 am
Jun 22, 2021, 10:31 am
#551
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Somebody motivated could probably build the Android or iOS app from the DGCA repositories on Github: https://github.com/eu-digital-green-certificates
Jun 23, 2021, 4:09 am
#554
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I thought anyone could enter Finland from Iceland, as long as you've entered Schengen legally? And didn't Iceland change the rule so that anyone who's vaccinated can enter Schengen at KEF, only subject to the usual passport/visa rules?
Jun 23, 2021, 5:26 am
#555
Join Date: Jan 2021
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There seems to be no internal control from Iceland so that's why I asked the question. I know I would not be allowed flying in from Canada.