The groundwork for a vaccine passport system is well underway and, in some ways, already exists. And the World Health Organization recently said that it opposes vaccine requirements for travel because of equity issues in the current state of the global vaccine rollout. [Everything travelers need to know about vaccine passports]“The World Health Organization doesn’t want [vaccine requirements for travel] because it’s a health equity issue,” David Freedman, an expert in travel epidemiology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis of tourism-dependent Greece — who is leading the European Union’s campaign for a vaccine passport system for international travel — has said he does not plan to ban unvaccinated travelers. The main question is when and how those vaccination passports will be a responsible path forward for travel.

Source: Washington Post January 22, 2021 18:56 UTC