International SOS Announces Successful Pilot Test of ICC AOKpass with Energy Drilling:
29 Juli 2020 - 6:15PM
Business Wire
International SOS and Singapore company Energy Drilling
Management (“Energy Drilling”) have announced a successful pilot of
the ICC AOKpass mobile app. The use of the app provides trusted
recognition of individuals’ COVID-19 compliance status from
Singapore to Thailand.
Following the pilot launch of ICC AOKpass in May1, Energy
Drilling worked with International SOS to test the app for a 10
strong crew needing to travel aboard an oil rig vessel to conduct
drilling services for their client, PTT Exploration and Production
(“PTTEP”). All 10 personnel were screened with a PCR swab test and
the results were verified by a doctor. Their medical results were
saved on the crew’s individual AOKpass app and sent to the client
in Thailand ahead of their journey.
Using these results, International SOS worked with Energy
Drilling and PTTEP to facilitate a smooth entry to the Songkhla
Port Authority when they arrived in Thailand. The request was
approved with ease as it provided the assurance to the authorities
that the medical test results were from an accredited source and
have been authenticated via the AOKpass app.
“Thus far, the app has proved invaluable in ensuring the health
and safety of our workforce and enabling business productivity
during the trip,” said Mr Alex Maroske, Head of Quality, Health,
Safety, Environment at Energy Drilling. “Using blockchain to
secure and verify the data, as well as the ability to control and
carry around your own health records is a breakthrough and will be
a major enabler in allowing businesses to return to work.”
Mr Marcus Chew, CEO Energy Drilling commented that
“Participating in the pilot demonstrates Energy Drilling as a
company which is at the forefront of using digital technology to
solve current issues facing the world of travelling for
business.”
Ms Juliana Gim, Managing Director of International SOS
Singapore, also believes that the pilot project is an exciting
look at how travel can resume against the backdrop of COVID-19.
“The successful pilot of ICC AOKpass with Energy Drilling is
encouraging as it marks an important step in our journey and the
aim of implementing a trusted and standardised global system to
facilitate the return to work across many industries. In time, we
hope that this will see widespread adoption to facilitate a fast,
safe and secure return to work.”
Dorjee Sun, AOKpass Co-founder & CEO of Perlin, also
shared, “Currently, there lacks a common technical standard for
Digital Health Passports, which creates inefficiency as travellers
will have to navigate many different processes and unnecessary
duplication to have their health status verified. In contrast, the
ICC AOKpass is an easy-to-use mobile app using a common global
standard that can be deployed and used anywhere in the world today.
It can adapt to the rules of any given country and allows users to
instantly verify their COVID-19 compliance status anytime,
anywhere.”
Pilot testing of ICC AOKpass has also been successfully used
with the Singapore-based employees of International SOS. The app
provides employees and businesses with a substantially safer, more
efficient and controlled path to the resumption of work alongside
other social and health-based recovery efforts.
Once fully deployed, users can download the ICC AOKpass app to
their mobile device and use it to securely store an authenticated
digital copy of their COVID-19 compliance status certificate, as
provided by their consulting medical professional. To address
privacy concerns, data entered into ICC AOKpass remains localised
at all times within the user’s app and does not rely on centralised
data records or external systems. Hardcopy certificates issued by
medical professionals, are digitised, authenticated and then made
available for efficient verification by employers, authorities or
any other third parties with no transfer or external storage of the
underlying personal health information.
For more information on ICC AOKpass, see www.AOKpass.com
Register your interest for an ICC AOKpass pilot:
https://www.aokpass.com/en/pilot/
ENDS
1 Carried out with employees at International SOS Singapore
office
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