The European Commission is to propose a “digital green pass” that would facilitate travel within the bloc by allowing people to demonstrate they have been vaccinated or have tested negative for Covid-19. The issue has divided member states, with strong tourism economies such as Greece advocating “vaccine passports” but other countries cautioning the measure would be discriminatory. The pass would allow a traveller to show either that they have been vaccinated, that they have tested negative for Covid-19 or that they have recovered from the disease. “The digital green pass should facilitate Europeans’ lives,” Dr von der Leyen said. “Right now we have discussions with our colleagues in the UK,” Spain’s tourism minister Fernando Valdés told Bloomberg TV.

Source: The Irish Times March 01, 2021 19:16 UTC