The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said that it is currently “fixing” the issues related to the VaxCertPH — the country’s vaccine certificate system that is being managed by the DICT and the Department of Health (DOH).
The Department of Information and Communications Technology said that it is currently “fixing” the issues related to the VaxCertPH — the country’s vaccine certificate system that is being managed by the DICT and the Department of Health .DICT Secretary Ivan John Uy, during the Office of the Press Secretary press conference on Wednesday, Oct. 12, said that they are “coordinating” with the DOH amid reports related to the issuance of vaccination certificates through VaxCertPH.
However, Uy said that the DICT was informed by DOH headed by Officer-in-Charge Rosario Vergeire that the personnel of the Health Department “were not yet ready to accept and to run the system.” “If we will continue running it, we need to renew the contract because it already expired and we asked DOH if they have budget so we can continue with the contract and they said there’s none,” Uy explained.Without funds to renew the expired software contract as well as challenges in the readiness of DOH to take over the project, Uy said that DICT has to manage its operations in the meantime.
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