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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums'Green pass': European Commission to propose EU-wide vaccine passports for summer
https://www.thelocal.se/20210301/green-pass-european-commission-to-propose-eu-wide-vaccine-passportsEuropeans may be allowed to travel more freely this summer with a new digital vaccination passport in a plan set to be laid out by the European Commission. Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen announced the plan for a "digital green pass" in a speech to German lawmakers on Monday and then added some details on Twitter. The "digital green pass" would provide proof that a person has received the vaccination as well as test results for anyone who has not yet been vaccinated. It would also include information on recovery for anyone who has previously contracted Covid-19. "The aim is to gradually enable them to move safely in the European Union or abroad - for work or tourism," von der Leyen tweeted.
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The Commission will present the legislative proposal this month. Von der Leyen said, it will respect data protection, security and privacy. The news could provide a significant boost to Europes tourism industries ahead of the summer. Leaders of the EU27 met last week to discuss a joined-up approach but no united plan was announced. Spain and several other southern countries have repeatedly requested that the Commission introduce a certificate. Greece had already announced it would create its own vaccine passport system, agreeing a digital "Green Pass" with Israel and entering talks with the UK.
An independently reviewed, real-world study of the Pfizer/ BioNTech vaccine in Israel found it had cut transmission in symptomatic cases by 94%, according to data published in the well-regarded New England Journal of Medicine. However, last week, Angela Merkel told German newspaper Allgemeine Zeitung: First, it must actually be clearly resolved that vaccinated people are no longer infectious. "As long as the number of those who have been vaccinated is still so much smaller than the number who are waiting for vaccination, the state should not treat the two groups differently."
President Macron also raised concerns about the fairness of vaccine passports on young people at the EU27 virtual meeting. However, he is preparing a pass sanitaire or health pass this week to allow French residents to visit tourist attractions and hospitality venues when they reopen. Residents would register negative PCR tests or vaccination certificates on an application. In the UK, Downing Street confirmed that UK officials will speak to their EU counterparts after Brussels unveiled plans for the passport, Politics Home reported. The Prime Ministers official spokesperson said: You can expect [the Department for Transport] will work [with], and do speak to countries across the world in terms of how they may look to introduce passports.
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'Green pass': European Commission to propose EU-wide vaccine passports for summer (Original Post)
Celerity
Mar 2021
OP
Demand Vaccinated Only flights/hotels/casinos/cruises, call your travel agent today!
Shanti Shanti Shanti
Mar 2021
#4
OnDoutside
(19,962 posts)1. Excellent ! That's a great way to get at the anti-vaxxers.
roamer65
(36,745 posts)2. I want a vaccine travel permit system here.
First requirement for boarding a plane to anywhere.
SoonerPride
(12,286 posts)3. I agree. Vaccine passport for planes, concerts, even dining.
If you ware out and in a crowd, you need to prove you have been vaccinated.
And this comes from someone who is phase 4 and won't even get a chance at a vaccine until like June.
Shanti Shanti Shanti
(12,047 posts)4. Demand Vaccinated Only flights/hotels/casinos/cruises, call your travel agent today!
Its coming