The boss of Australian airline Qantas says “governments are going to insist” on vaccines for international travellers, the BBC reports. Chief executive Alan Joyce said many governments were talking about vaccination as “a condition of entry” and said that even if they weren’t, he thought Qantas should enforce its own policy and said passengers would be willing to accept the change. The EU Commission this week cleared the way for the introduction of a Digital Green Certificate providing proof that holders have been vaccinated, recovered from the coronavirus or recently tested negative. British Airways has been calling on the UK government to allow the use of digital health passports to verify vaccination or negative test results. The carrier asked for vaccinated travellers to be allowed to fly without restrictions, while unvaccinated passengers could be allowed on planes with a negative Covid-19 test.

Source: The Irish Times March 21, 2021 18:48 UTC