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The EU is ready to agree on a Covid passport scheme that will allow British attacked and those with antibodies to travel.
The bloc will publish details of its “digital green pass” so that people go on vacation in time for the summer, it was reported.
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The EU passport will allow those from non-EU countries to travel there if they are “in a position to present certificates under a system deemed reliable enough,” according to a leaked document obtained by Bloomberg.
It comes as pressure builds on Transport Secretary Grant Shapps as Britons eagerly await news of when they can travel abroad again.
The digital pass will also allow travel for those who have tested negative or who can demonstrate that they have gained a level of immunity after recovering from Covid, the document says.
In the document, it also states that individual countries will be able to reach agreements with Great Britain, should the EU scheme fail.
As it stands, several European countries, including Greece, have already signaled that they are open to receiving vaccinated Britons from mid-May.
Earlier, Matt Hancock revealed that ministers are working with other countries around the world on common certificates in a bid to reopen international travel.
He told Sky News: “There are some countries around the world that are considering introducing rules that say you can only travel if you have been vaccinated.
“They are not in place yet, but there are countries that are actively raising this idea and proposing it.”
“In that case, it will be important for people in the UK to be able to show whether they have been vaccinated or not in order to travel.
“So we are working with countries around the world on the basis of this and how vaccine certification can happen in a way that can be assured.”
Spain is also one of the countries that is already considering vaccine passports to allow tourists to travel to the country for free.
While travelers without the vaccine passport will still be able to enter, they may be forced to self-quarantine or have negative coronavirus tests.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis stated that Greece will not make vaccination a mandatory requirement for travel, but that “those who have been vaccinated should be able to move freely.”
But Vaccine Minister Nadhim Zahawi previously suggested that vaccine passports would be “discriminatory” and stressed that scientists were not sure whether the punctures could prevent people from transmitting the virus.
Meanwhile, a tech company is understood to be in talks with the government to conduct vaccine passport testing in Chester pubs.
Customers would have to show an app to prove they had been vaccinated or had received a negative test, along with a photo ID.
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