Ministers risk damaging trust in the vaccine if they strong-arm young people into getting jabbed, a government adviser warned yesterday. Fans warned that a proposal to make vaccine passports mandatory for events with more than 20,000 attending could cause 'chaos'. Asked if the Government should use vaccine passports as a way of encouraging younger people to have their jabs, he told radio station LBC: 'It has to be done really quite carefully. Boris Johnson yesterday faced further criticism from backbench Conservatives who were already opposed to plans to introduce vaccine passports for entry into nightclubs this autumn. The use of vaccine passports could also be extended to lower divisions and other sports in England as ministers seek to reduce the surge in Covid cases as other restrictions are ended.

Source: Daily Mail July 25, 2021 23:03 UTC