People who have repeatedly failed to download their vaccine certificate, and whose travel plans have even been disrupted as a result, have complained about the inconvenience, saying the situation did not inspire confidence in Malta’s launch of an EU COVID passport next month. But asked about the nature of the problems and when they would be resolved, the health ministry simply said that “in some cases, verification of data supplied needs to occur to ensure that all information related to the vaccine brand, dates and batch number are correct”. It ensured that the process was being handled by a dedicated team, pointing out that, to date, more than 86,000 certificates have been downloaded by fully vaccinated individuals – up from 60,000 last Thursday. This means that only about 40 per cent of those eligible have their certificate in hand, based on the number of fully vaccinated people as at June 1 – 210,486 – allowing for the mandatory two weeks after getting the jab. The figure was of no consolation to Patrick Pace, whose day trip to Sicily was mired in confusion and who wanted to warn others about his experience. Prior to his trip, Pace was faced with an “error” each time he...