pune people fully inoculated against covid19 and wanting to travel abroad will have a vaccination certificate with their full date of birth on the cowin app as of now the certificate refers only to age based on the year of birth the new feature may go live by next weeka senior central government official with the cowin management portal said the introduction of the new feature stems from ongoing technical discussions between india and the uk on cowin certification a senior official with the portal told toi we believe that the uk wants the date of birth format in the cowin certificate as per who standards in the ddmmyy format for international travellers hence the same feature will be introduced in the cowin certificates for those going abroadthe uk governments relaxed travel rules come into force from october 4 you must be able to prove that you have been fully vaccinated plus 14 days with a document digital or paperbased from a national or statelevel public health body that includes as a minimum forename and surnames date of birth vaccine brand and manufacturer date of vaccination for every dose country or territory of vaccination andor certificate issuer if your document from a public health body does not include all of these you must follow the nonvaccinated rules if not you may be denied boarding the website addedcowin vaccination certificate currently displays the beneficiarys name age based on the year of birth gender id unique health id vaccine name date of first dose date of second dose vaccinator vaccination centres name and citystatea senior official from the ministry of health and family welfare told toi no changes are required in the current cowin certificates as the format is in sync with who standards the new feature can be opted for by those who want to travel abroadnational health authority nha chief executive officer ram sewak sharma said there was no concern at any point expressed by the uk government about indias certification process sharma who is also the head of the cowin platform said as per the who covid vaccination certificate template there is a date of birth column which is optional at cowin we collect only the year of birth of the beneficiary as per which hisher age reflects on the vaccination certificate hence the new feature will be introduced only for those travelling internationally such users can download their updated certificate after putting in their month and day of birth as per their passport the downloaded certificate will then contain the full date of birth of the beneficiary