Plans to force Britons to prove they have been vaccinated or do not have Covid to help reopen the night-time economy will not save the summer, experts said today. But Sir Jonathan Montgomery, who has led an evidence review into vaccine passports, said the idea would come too late to save summer because people would need two jabs to qualify and most young people won't have both until the autumn. 'We need to reopen the economy as quickly as it's safe to do so, and vaccine passports are not going to be useful until people have had their second vaccine. The document also made clear talks with foreign officials over possible 'vaccine passports' to get Britons flying again will be ramped up. But it said restarting international travel will depend on the prevalence of Covid strains and their impact on vaccine effectiveness.

Source: The Nation February 23, 2021 11:05 UTC