WILL YOU NEED AN

IMMUNITY PASSPORT TO
TRAVEL ?
MADE BY VILIUS, GABIJA AND ALGIRDAS
• DURING THE COVID-19 CRISIS, THE GLOBAL
ECONOMY WAS EQUATED WITH THE
GROUND, AND THE CORONAVIRUS
DISRUPTED THE TRAVEL INDUSTRY.
INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL WILL RETURN,
BUT ONLY IF THE NUMBER OF INFECTIONS
DROPS OR A VACCINE IS INVENTED. IT’S A
MATTER OF PATIENCE, AND BIG TOUR
COMPANIES DO NOT HAVE IT. BUT
THAKFULLY ONFIDO JUMPS INTO AID WITH
ITS DIGITAL IMMUNITY PASSPORTS.
• ONFIDO IS A LONDON-BASED
TECHNOLOGY COMPANY THAT
SPECIALIZES IN FACIAL
CERTIFICATION TO DETERMINE IF A
PERSON IS PROTECTED FROM
CORONAVIRUS WITHOUT HAVING TO
SHARE ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION.

“An immunity passport is a presentable proof of

immunity to Covid-19”
• IN APRIL, ONFIDO WAS INVITED TO
SUBMIT A PROPOSAL FOR DIGITAL
HEALTH CERTIFICATES TO THE UK
PARLIAMENT’S SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE. IN ONFIDO‘S
POPOSAL ONFIDO SAID THATH IMMUNITY
PASSPORTS ARE „THE LINCHPIN OF A
NEW NORMALITY“.
• THE DIGITAL IMMUNITY PASSPORTS
WOULD ALLOW USERS TO CREAT A
VIRTUAL IDENTITY BY UPLOADING AN
OFFICIAL DOCUMENT (SUCH AS A
PASSPORT OR DRIVER’S LICENCE)
ALONG WITH A SELFIE TAKEN ON
THEIR PHONE, WHICH WOULD BE
VERIFIED USING AI TECHNOLOGY.
• CONSIDERATION OF IMMUNITY PASSPORTS IN THE UK IS STILL NOT VERY
ADVANCED, ALTHOUGH THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT IS ALSO EXAMINING
DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED BY OTHER FACIAL RECOGNITION AND IDENTITY FIRMS
SUCH AS YOTI, NOMIDIO AND BERLIN-BASED IDNOW. THE POTENTIAL OF THIS
TYPE OF DOCUMENT TO BRING FORWARD NORMAL LIFE, HAS LED TO THE
EMERGENCE OF VIRTUAL IDENTITY COMPANIES IN OTHER COUNTRIES
THE TICKET TO REVIVING THE TRAVEL
INDUSTRY?

RESTORING TRAVEL IS CRUCIAL FOR GLOBAL ECONOMIC RECOVERY.

ACCORDING TO THE WORLD TRAVEL AND TOURISM COUNCIL, IN 2019
TOURISM CONTRIBUTED NEARLY $9 TRILLION USD TO THE WORLD’S *GDP*
AND ACCOUNTED FOR 330 MILLION JOBS – ROUGHLY ONE IN 10 JOBS AROUND
THE WORLD.
HOWEVER, FOR TRAVEL TO FULLY RECOMMENCE, GOVERNMENTS WILL
UNDERSTANDABLY REQUIRE PROOF THAT PEOPLE AREN’T BRINGING COVID-19
WITH THEM.

*Gross domestic
product*
 THE TICKET TO REVIVING THE TRAVEL
INDUSTRY?
• ON A CALL WITH INVESTORS IN APRIL, CEO OF DELTA AIR LINES, ED
BASTIAN SAID HE WOULD “MAKE WHATEVER CHANGES TO THE BUSINESS
MODEL THAT WILL BE NECESSARY”, INCLUDING ADOPTING IMMUNITY
PASSPORTS IF REQUIRED BY THE US GOVERNMENT.BASTIAN POINTED OUT
HOW READILY TRAVELLERS ADAPTED TO NEW SECURITY REGULATIONS
INTRODUCED BY *TSA* AND HOME SECURITY IN THE WAKE OF THE 9/11
TERRORIST ATTACKS, AND SAID THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR TRAVELLERS
IS CONFIDENCE THEIR SAFETY IS BEING WELL MANAGED.

*Transportation Security
Administration*
THE PROBLEM WITH TESTING FOR IMMUNITY
• PERHAPS THE BIGGEST HURDLE STANDING IN THE WAY OF THE
INTRODUCTION OF IMMUNITY PASSPORTS IS THE SCIENTIFIC
KNOWLEDGE ABOUT COVID-19 ITSELF. IT IS STILL UNCLEAR
EXACTLY HOW ACCURATE ANTIBODY TESTS ARE, AND WHEN
ANTIBODIES ARE DETECTED, HOW LONG THEY REMAIN IN
SOMEONE’S BODY. WHEN THE HUMAN BODY COMES UNDER
ATTACK FROM INFECTION, OUR IMMUNE SYSTEM’S RESPONSE
IS TO PRODUCE ANTIBODIES THAT HELP DETECT AND DESTROY
THE VIRUS.
• THESE ANTIBODIES CAN REMAIN IN OUR
BLOOD FOR A PERIOD OF TIME AFTER
RECOVERY TO GUARD AGAINST REPEAT
INFECTIONS. ANTIBODIES ARE ONE OF THE
KEY DEFENCES AGAINST INFECTION, WHICH
IS WHY THEY HAVE BECOME A FOCAL POINT
FOR TESTING.
• BUT FOR AN IMMUNITY PASSPORT TO WORK IN
PRACTICE, GOVERNMENTS AND HEALTH
PRACTITIONERS NEED RELIABLE SEROLOGY
TESTS THAT CAN ACCURATELY IDENTIFY
ANTIBODIES IN A PERSON’S BLOODSTREAM,
WHICH THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION
SAYS IS NOT POSSIBLE AT THIS TIME.
YELLOW FEVER
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING!