(Premier Christian News) European leaders have announced plans to roll out a “digital vaccine passport” over the coming months, which they say will be available to British travellers by the summer. European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said that the aim of the scheme is to allow Europeans to “move safely in the EU or abroad — for work or tourism”.
The UK government is still considering whether or not to introduce its own vaccine passport scheme. Last week, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said there was “deep and complex issues” surrounding the concept and urged that the UK “cannot be discriminatory” towards those who don’t have the vaccine.
According to recent studies, there appears to be broad support for the idea, with a poll from health care app myGP indicating that 66 per cent of residents in England would welcome temporary vaccine passports to help businesses to get up-and-running.