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 The management UI allows the authorized user to create and revoke a COVID certificate. It allows also an authorized to generate an OneTime password.
 
-This project is released by the the Federal Office of Information Technology, Systems and Telecommunication FOITT on behalf of the Federal Office of Public Health FOPH.
+This project is released by the Federal Office of Information Technology, Systems and Telecommunication FOITT on behalf of the Federal Office of Public Health FOPH.
 
 ## Technical information
 This repository contains everything to build & test the project.