People who have had the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 jab in Malta are still being told their vaccine certificate is not valid in some other countries. Two weeks ago, those who had taken the single dose jab here were reassured a solution had been found to the technical problems which rendered their certificate invalid when scanned on official government applications of at least six countries. A health ministry spokesperson said the problem had been fixed for all countries except France, Switzerland and Luxembourg, and advised those travelling there to contact covid-certificate@gov.mt to reissue their certificate. However, since then, five people contacted Times of Malta, frustrated that despite going through the proper channels, and following instructions, their certificate was still reading as faulty on many other countries’ official government apps. Latvia national Polina Korenecha was on holiday in her home country when she wrote to the health ministry authorities in Malta about problems she met with her certificate on July 30, which had barred her from getting into clubs and restaurants. She was told to re-generate her certificate, and did so, only to be turned away at a...