The European Commission has established uniform rules for the period of validity of the EU digital CVID card on vaccination against COVID-19. From 1 February this document will be valid for nine months. This limit will apply not only to travel but also to Slovak rules. Administration of a booster dose of vaccine will automatically extend the validity period for a further period. Within a week, the restrictions on the validity of the EU Digital COVID vaccination card will apply in practice. The European Commission has unified the validity of the document for 9 months. As from 1 February, the validity of the vaccination against COVID-19 will be limited and its duration will be changed when travelling and returning from abroad, but also within the rules applicable in Slovakia - the Public Health Office will incorporate the change into the decrees. The validity of nine months is already specified in the new Order on isolation of positive persons and quarantine of close contacts. Upon expiry of the licence, the person will be the basis, i.e. as if not vaccinated. The solution is to apply a booster dose. The health department recalls that after vaccination (even overcoming the disease) it is necessary to ask for a document. It is automatically sent when the person has set up automatic transmission. It is necessary to request a digital card electronically via the korona.gov.sk or NCZI website (https://cikidforms.nzisk.sk/). EU Digital CVID
- From 1 February onwards, the vaccination certificate shall be valid for 9 months.
- The determined period is calculated from the administration of the second dose of the two-dose vaccine and the administration of the single-dose vaccine.
- After 9 months the person will not be considered vaccinated.
- After completion of the booster dose, the validity is extended.
- For a booster dose you can login via corona.gov.sk (https://vaccinacia.nzisk/registeria-3-vlna), vaccination without registration (https://www.health.gov.sk/?) or vaccination in an ambulance.
- The time limit of 9 months will apply when travelling and under the rules applicable in the Slovak Republic (Decree of the Office of Public Health of the Slovak Republic).