Coronavirus: EU leaders to consider vaccine passports

[Klaralven]

Vaccine passports: Tourist-reliant southern European nations such as Greece and Spain are urging the rapid adoption of an EU-wide certificate for travelers to show they have been vaccinated.

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz backed the idea in an appearance on the online television offering from Germany's Bild newspaper. He said it would enable a restart to free travel in Europe and could help "secure and protect" struggling sectors like the arts, sports and gastronomy.

Manfred Weber, the head of the conservative bloc in the European Parliament, has called for a speedy rollout of a vaccine passport in order to allow freedom of movement in the EU.

"[A] vaccination passport is crucial and is immediately necessary," Weber told DW. "We have to speed up because currently [tens of thousands] of Europeans are vaccinated every day."

Trying to sort out the paperwork retroactively, Weber said, could prove either difficult or impossible. He suggested issuing a document when people receive their jab.

https://www.dw.com/en/coronavirus-eu-leaders-to-consider-vaccine-passports/a-56682684

[marmar]

1. I think this will become more widespread for places eager to revive tourism.

[Stinky The Clown]

2. I think this is a good idea

[Hekate]

3. Good idea. I can hear my anti-vaxxer relative howling now that she told me so...

I, meanwhile, am waiting for Moderna shot #2.