NY launches new version of its Excelsior Pass vaccination passport – Telemundo New York (47)

New York State renewed its Excelsior Pass vaccination passport and has released a version that is not only more secure, it will also allow New Yorkers to use it in more places.

The Excelsior Pass allows New Yorkers to upload a code to their mobile devices that can be scanned by any business or other entity that needs proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test. The system also allows you to print a scannable paper pass.

The new version, known as Excelsior Pass Plus, will now be accepted anywhere that uses the SMART Health Card Vaccine Passport. An international consortium developed the SMART cards and they are used at sites in other states and around the world, according to the office of Governor Andrew Cuomo.

New Yorkers who have been vaccinated can get an Excelsior Pass online, including the new version. The Excelsior scanner application, which companies use to scan customer passes, will be updated to accept the new version of the pass in mid-August.

New York partnered with SMART card developer VCI on the Excelsior Pass expansion.

Cuomo’s office also announced a new Excelsior Pass partnership with American Airlines on Thursday. New Yorkers will now be able to use the Excelsior Pass Plus to provide proof of vaccination when flying with American to Greece, France, Spain, Italy and the Bahamas and on indirect flights to El Salvador, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras and Puerto Rico.

More destinations will be added in the future, according to Cuomo’s office.

The pass has been used by major tourist destinations and event venues that require proof of vaccination from clients. These include Broadway theaters, the Public Theater’s free Shakespeare in the Park, the Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center, Madison Square Garden, Barclays Center, and Yankee Stadium.

Additionally, Marriott International will make use of the pass available to meeting and event planners at its more than 200 New York properties, Cuomo’s office said.

New York State will accept the pass as proof of vaccination for state workers, who will need to get vaccinated or undergo a weekly COVID test beginning in September.

New York launched the Excelsior Pass earlier this year.

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