United Kingdom

Vaccine passports still an option for Covid winter plans, No 10 says

DOWNING Street has said that vaccine passports are still being considered as an option to protect against a winter wave of Covid cases, despite Sajid Javid saying they were scrapped.

Checks on the vaccine status of people attending nightclubs and other crowded events remain a crucial part of the UK Government's winter Covid plan after the English Health Secretary told the media that they were being scrapped on Sunday.

Plans had been in place for the scheme to go ahead at the end of this month, but Javid rolled back the introduction after pressure from Tory MPs and the hospitality sector.
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Now, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said that ministers will avoid introducing them "if we possibly can” and said that they will be kept "in reserve".

https://www.thenational.scot/news/19577654.vaccine-passports-still-option-covid-winter-plans-no-10-says/