MIT SafePaths Card (MiSaCa): Augmenting Paper Based Vaccination Cards with Printed Codes

Bae, Joseph; Sukumaran, Rohan; Shankar, Sheshank; Srivastava, Saurish; Iyer, Rohan; Mahindra, Aryan; Mirza, Qamil; Arseni, Maurizio; Sharma, Anshuman; Agrawal, Saras; Mukhopadhyay, Orna; Kang, Colin; Katiyar, Priyanshi; Shekhar, Apurv; Hasan, Sifat; Dasgupta, Krishnendu; Gandhi, Darshan; Sethuramen, TV; Patwa, Parth; Singh, Ishaan; Singh, Abhishek; Raskar, Ramesh

In this early draft, we describe a user-centric, card-based system for vaccine distribution. Our system makes use of digitally signed QR codes and their use for phased vaccine distribution, vaccine administration/record-keeping, immunization verification, and follow-up symptom reporting. Furthermore, we propose and describe a complementary scanner app system to be used by vaccination clinics, public health officials, and immunization verification parties to effectively utilize card-based framework. We believe that the proposed system provides a privacy-preserving and efficient framework for vaccine distribution in both developed and developing regions.