DAILY POSITIVITY RATE IS JUST
RHODE ISLANDERS WITH COVID-19
HAVE DIED 142 PATIENTS ARE
CURRENTLY IN THE HOSPITAL.
>> WHEN YOU DO RECEIVE YOUR
VACCINE WILL BE ISSUED. A
COVID-19 VACCINE CARD.
HOWEVER, WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU
LOSE THAT CAR. 12 NEWS
REPORTER ANITA PHONY JOINING
US LIVE TO TALK ABOUT THOSE
CONCERNS TOOK THOSE QUESTIONS
STRAIGHT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH TODAY. ONE OF THE TIME
I DID, BRIAN. WELL, IT'S A
SMALL PAPER CARD THAT YOU'LL
GET THAT WILL PROVE THAT YOU
RECEIVE THE COVID-19 VACCINE.
>> IT'S AN IMPORTANT WRECKAGE.
WILL NEED FOR INDUSTRIES THAT
MAY REQUIRE IT AT THE ECONOMY.
REOPENS. BUT IF YOU LOSE IT,
THERE IS AN ELECTRONIC COPY
YOU CAN OBTAIN.
>> IF YOU WERE GIVEN THIS
CARD, IT MEANS YOU ARE PART OF
THE GROWING GROUP OF PEOPLE
WHO RECEIVED THE COVID-19
VACCINE. 12 NEWS HAS HEARD
FROM SOME OF YOU WONDERING
WHEN YOU'LL GET YOUR CARD LIKE
BARBARA WHO ASKS DO WE GET
SECOND DOSE. HOW DO WE SHOW
PROOF OF VACCINATION TO
HOSPITALS, HOTELS AIRLINES.
ETCETERA, THE RHODE ISLAND
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS IT'S
GIVEN TO YOU AFTER YOU GET
YOUR FIRST SHOT AND YOU'LL
NEED TO BRING IT TO YOUR
SECOND APPOINTMENT IF THE
VACCINE HE RECEIVED REQUIRES 2
DOSES. BUT IF YOU LOSE IT IN
BETWEEN THAT TIME DEAL WAITS
AS YOU CAN STILL GET YOUR
SECOND VACCINE SHOT. THERE IS
ALSO AN ONLINE PORTAL WHERE
YOU CAN RETRIEVE YOUR VACCINE
RECORD AFTER IN PUTTING SOME
INFORMATION LIKE YOUR NAME AND
BIRTHDAY R I DOT GOV. SLASH
VACCINE RECORD.
>> YOU CAN GO IN THERE AND YOU
CAN LOOK UP THAT'S INFORMATION
AVAILABLE TO MORE AGE GROUPS
AND INDUSTRIES OPEN UP.
>> YOU MAY NEED TO BRING
PROOF. YOU HAVE BEEN
VACCINATED AT PLACES LIKE
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS THAT
THERE BE SOME NATIONWIDE
GUIDANCE ON THIS.
>> SO THAT IT'S NOT JOHN US
ISLANDS THAT THINGS ARE
APPS BEING DEVELOPED FOR
SMARTPHONES THAT CAN STORE
VACCINE INFORMATION.
>> NOW, THE DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH TELLS ME THEY ARE
LOOKING AT WAYS TO INTEGRATE
PROOF OF THE VACCINE WITH
THEIR EXISTING ELECTRONIC
HEALTH INFORMATION. SO NEED IS
THE DEPARTMENT HEALTH
REQUIRING SOME LOCATIONS.
LET'S SAY RESTAURANT BARS AS
WE START GOING OUT MORE TO
PROOF THAT CARD WHEN THEY GO
AND NOT AS OF YET, BUT THEY
SOME PLACES ARE TAKING UPON
HIMSELF TO DO SO AT THEIR
CAPACITY LIMIT INCREASES. SO
POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING WHO'S
BEHIND THE FALSE FUNDRAISERS.
(HE)
AFTER YOU RECEIVE THE FIRST DOSE
OF YOUR COVID 19 VACCINE,
YOU'LL BE GIVEN A SMALL CARD
IT'S AN IMPORTANT RECORD YOU MAY
NEED AS INDUSTRIES OPEN UP.
BUT WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU LOSE IT?
12 NEWS REPORTER ANITA BAFFONI
ASKED THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
AND JOINS US NOW WITH WHAT SHE'S
LEARNED.
(AB)
IT'S A DOCUMENT THAT HAS YOUR
PERSONAL INFORMATION AND WHEN
YOU RECEIVED YOUR COVID 19
VACCINE.
BUT DON'T WORRY IF YOU LOSE IT.
THERE IS AN ONLINE PORTAL WHERE
YOU CAN GET ALL OF YOUR VACCINE
INFORMATION.
IT MAY BE SMALL BUT THE CARD
LISTS IMPORTANT INFORMATION
ABOUT WHEN YOU RECEIVED YOUR
COVID 19 VACCINE.
THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH SAYS IT'S GIVEN TO YOU
AFTER YOU GET THE FIRST SHOT....
SECOND APPOINTMENT IF THE
VACCINE YOU RECEIVED REQUIRES
TWO DOSES.
BUT IF YOU LOSE IT BETWEEN THAT
TIME, D-O-H SAYS YOU CAN STILL
GET YOUR SECOND VACCINE SHOT.
"We wanted to have someting up
quickly and make it easily
acceptable so that people who
need their COVID vacciantion
record they get get it right
THE D-O-H SAY THEY HAVE NOT
DIRECTED INDUSTRIES TO REQUIRE
CUSTOMERS SHOW PROOF OF
VACCINATION
BUT AS THE VACCINE BECOMES MORE
AVAILABLE, THE RHODE ISLAND
HOSPITALITY ASSOCIATION
BELIEVES THAT MAY BE A
POSSIBILITY.
BUT THE HOSPITALITY ASSOCIATION
IS LOOKING TO THE FEDS FOR
GUIDANCE.
"We're looking for is there be
some nationwide guidance on this
so that its not just Rhode
Island that things are
happening."
THERE IS TECHNOLOGY BEING
DEVELOPMENT TO STORE VACCINE
INFORMATION ON SMARTPHONES FOR
EASY ACCESS.
THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS THEY
ARE EXPLORING DIFFERENT WAYS TO
INTEGRATE PROOF OF THE VACCINE
TO EXISITING ELECTRONIC HEALTH
INFORMATION.
AS FOR THE PAPER CARD...IF YOU
LOSE IT AND WISH TO GET IT
REISSUED..
THE D-O-H SAYS THEY CAN DO THAT
AT YOUR SECOND VACCINE
APPOINTMENT
BUT IT WON'T HAVE THE
INFORMATION THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY