Baguio sets charges vs fake vax card holders

By Gaby Keith

BAGUIO CITY – The city government is set to file charges against individuals who use unauthorized or falsified Covid-19 vaccination cards in transactions including gaining entry to the Summer Capital.
    Mayor Benjamin Magalong issued the warning after online posts openly selling fake vaccination cards circulated nationwide.
    "People might jump at this opportunity to fake their vaccine passports and enter the city without undergoing testing thereby putting everybody else at risk," the mayor said.
    He said the city's triage is equipped to determine the authenticity of vaccination cards by double checking the QR codes and validating the hotline numbers indicated in the cards.

Holders of cards that cannot be validated through said means will have to undergo testing and will be turned away if they refused.

Those with fake vaccine cards will be charged accordingly, he said.