Prognosis
EU Vaccine Passports for Travel Are Months Away, Memo Shows
- Bloc’s member states still at loggerheads over use of passes
- Technical, legal work still needed for certicates to be issued
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The European Union is still months away from issuing Covid-19 immunity certificates, raising the risk of another lost tourism season for the bloc’s aviation and hospitality industries.
Technical work on a digital platform to authenticate travelers’ health status could take three to four months, according to a briefing note circulated to national delegations in Brussels on Tuesday. Beyond that, there are legal hurdles, the challenge of agreeing the scope of the program, and resolving thorny medical questions.