UK Will Release Digital “Vaccine Passport” & “Green List” Of Travel Destinations Next Month

May 1, 2021 by mosesman

Unsplash/Lukas Many countries around the world are considering developing a COVID-19 vaccination passport.

UK Will Release Digital “Vaccine Passport” & “Green List” Of Travel Destinations Next Month
by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/
The British government’s effort to create a digital “vaccine passport” app has officially been embraced by the UK’s former Continental partners.
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As the EU scrambles to implement a vaccine-passport system that will enable tourists from wealthy vaccinated countries (like the US and UK) to flock to beaches in Greece and Spain over the summer, British Transport Secretary Grant Shapps revealed in a TV interview Thursday that he will be able to give details on which countries have made it on to the UK’s “green list” “in the next couple of weeks”.
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The introduction of the UK’s “Green List” follows a series of US State Department Travel Advisories that placed 80% of the world’s countries on the highest level travel advisory. But while the US advisory carries no restrictions, the UK’s “green list” will feature all the countries where Britons can travel without being required to quarantine upon their return (though they will still need to be tested for COVID-19 upon their return).
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“…in the next couple of weeks, I’ll be able to tell you about which countries will have made it into the traffic light system and that ‘green’ list in particular are the countries where you’ll be able to go to without needing to quarantine on your return.
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“You will still need to take a pre-departure test and one test on your return.
“I think people are getting very used to testing now, not least because we provide testing up to twice a week for everyone in the country right now. So I don’t think a test itself is a big deal.
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