A new mobile app will allow vaccinated Manitobans to request and show their immunization card.

The provincial government launched the new app on Monday. Like the physical immunization card, the app will only show the individual's first and last name, along with a QR code which, when scanned by the province's Immunization Verifier app, will confirm that the&nbsp; person is fully vaccinated.

Previously, people without a physical card were able to log into the province's website to display their proof of vaccination.&nbsp;This&nbsp;app can be accessed when not connected to Wi-Fi or cellular data services.

The app is available for iOS and Android and 

can be downloaded from&nbsp;the province's website

hit with overwhelming demand for physical immunization cards

 after launching them two months ago, with delays in receiving new shipments due to the high number of requests, and an overall demand in the industry for blank cards.

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The current situation in Canada around proof of vaccination is "a chaotic hodgepodge," writes bioethicist Arthur Schafer. But he says the federal government can still "pick up the ball it dropped and create an effective, secure and safe vaccine passport for provinces to adopt."

FILE - In this undated photo, provided by NY Governor's Press Office on Saturday March 27, 2021, is the new "Excelsior Pass" app, a digital pass that people can download to show proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test. Vaccine passports being developed to verify COVID-19 immunization status and allow inoculated people to more freely travel, shop and dine have become the latest flash point in America’s perpetual political wars, with Republicans portraying them as a heavy-handed intrusion into personal freedom and private health choices. (NY Governor's Press Office via AP, File)

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A file photo shows the state of New York's Excelsior Pass app, a digital pass that people can download to show proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test. 'Perhaps it's not too late for the federal government to pick up the ball it dropped and create an effective, secure and safe vaccine passport' in Canada, writes Prof. Arthur Schafer.

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Manitobans can apply for the immunization card two weeks after their last dose of the vaccine.

Manitoba COVID-19 vaccination card

Manitobans who have received two doses of the vaccine can apply for the immunization card two weeks after their last dose. There's a large demand for physical cards so the province says there will be delays.

More vaccine cards on order for Manitoba following 'overwhelming demand' for physical version

Manitobans can still request both digital and physical cards for proof of vaccination, the province says. The digital version will be available for use right away, while the physical ones will be mailed out as soon as supplies are available.

A nurse fills a syringe with the Pfizer Biontech vaccine at the vaccination centre of German speciality chemicals company Evonik in Hanau, western Germany, on Wednesday, May 19, 2021, amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Nurse preparing a dose of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine

A nurse is pictured filling a syringe with a COVID-19 vaccine. Fully immunized Manitobans will still be able to request digital proof of their shots, but they'll have to wait if they want the physical card, the province says.

People can register for their immunization card&nbsp; two weeks after receiving their second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

They also don't need to self-isolate if they&nbsp;are a close contact of a person with COVID-19, as long as they don't have symptoms.

 that fully vaccinated people can visit loved ones who are also fully vaccinated in personal care homes and hospitals.

Image removed as QR code for vaccine passport app was scannable / Anastasia, Manitoba 

Manitoba launches new COVID-19 immunization card app

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