British researchers are trialing a new blockchain-based certificate designed to manage COVID-19 risks across supply chains.

In a statement on April 21, Professor Nassim Belbaly, director of Birmingham City Business School, noted that "coronavirus represents a crisis of trust because we cannot any longer automatically trust goods or suppliers." 

New, secure and automated solutions are therefore being sought to help reassure consumers and suppliers that goods across the value chain do not pose health risks to themselves or to others.

To tackle this post-pandemic landscape, a newly-launched "4th Fourth Industrial Revolution Technologies Centre" is trialing a blockchain-based Coronavirus Clearance Certificate (CCC), issued by The Transnational Transparent Procurement Foundation (TTPF) in the U.K.