GenoBank.io and Arion Genetica Partner to Make COVID-19 Testing Easier, More Secure for Travelers
Published on Feb 3, 2021
Hello investors and friends, I am excited to announce that GenoBank.io has partnered with Arion Genetica and a network of laboratories based in Mexico City, Mexico. GenoBank.io will be providing Arion Genetica with the technology to certify COVID-19 lab test results for travelers heading into the United States. Most countries require incoming travelers to present a negative COVID-19 test. However, there is no universal system in place to ensure that the test results provided by the travelers are accurate.
Starting today, laboratories around the world can register with GenoBank.io and receive certified lab results that their customers can pass along to Border Officers and Airline personnel. Lab results are encrypted and stamped into a public blockchain to provide a verifiable chain of custody that ensures the lab results are legitimate. These certified lab results are currently being accepted by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Commercial Airlines to help speed up the testing process, ensuring easier entry and minimized risk for US travelers.
This provides certainty that lab results are not forged or tampered by using a unique cryptographic signature paired to each Lab Rep ID. Results are made immutable upon being recorded into the blockchain and have a time stamp that makes them valid for only 3 days. This is all achieved via a QR code that protects the privacy of users.
As Arion Genetica Chief Scientific Officer. Ms. Laura U. Figueroa says, “We have 3 big challenges to comply with CDC order. The first is to avoid the counterfeiting and tampering of lab results. The second is to protect the privacy of our customers and the third is to ensure that the certificates are verifiable by travel authorities from countries around the world. GenoBank.io is helping us by recording laboratory results onto the blockchain.”
More information on the platform can be found on https://genobank.io/certificates