the vaccination certificate generated from cowin 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 abroadan issue with dob came up as the uk issued relaxed travel rules to 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 uks rules saidwe have been having detailed technical discussions regarding certification with the builders of the cowin app and the nhs app they are happening at a rapid pace to ensure that both countries mutually recognise the vaccine certificates issued by each other said alex ellis the british high commissioner to indianational health authority nha chief executive officer ram sewak sharma said there was no concern at any point expressed by the government of uk about indias certification process sharma who is also the head of the cowin platform said as per 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 contain the full date of birth of the beneficiary