EU countries move towards COVID passes to reopen summer travel
(VOVWORLD) - European Union countries formally agreed on Wednesday to launch COVID travel passes as a step towards reopening tourism this summer and will negotiate details with the bloc’s lawmakers in May.
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The certificates would allow those vaccinated, recovered from COVID-19 or with negative test results to travel more easily in the EU, where restrictions on movement have weighed heavily on the travel and tourist industry for over a year.
While member states would be obliged to recognise EU-approved vaccines, specific countries could also issue certificates covering Russia’s Sputnik or China’s Sinovac vaccines that are only authorised in their territory. Other EU countries would decide whether to accept a certificate referring to a vaccine not approved by EU regulators.