Denmark and Sweden announced this Wednesday February 3 and Thursday February 4, 2021, their plan to develop a vaccine passport. These digital vaccination certificates could allow travel but also access to certain sporting or cultural events.
A vaccination passport to travel and go to certain public places
Also called immune passport, health passport or corona passport, the aim of the vaccination passport is to prove that a person has been vaccinated against Covid-19. This would allow him, depending on the measures of the decision-making countries, to travel or go to certain public places such as access to sporting or cultural events, or even to restaurants. This is what Denmark and Sweden are heading towards, which announced, this Wednesday 3 and Thursday 4 February, their desire to develop this measure.
Among the first European countries to set up a “corona passport”
Denmark wants to launch this digital certificate “ in three or four months », According to his government. According to Danish Minister Morten Bødskov, “ It is absolutely crucial for us to be able to restart Danish society, that companies get back on track “. In practice and from the month of February, a register must first be published online in order to allow the vaccination status of a person. Then, a more advanced technical solution will be implemented. As for the precise uses of this new vaccine passport, Denmark will make its final decision after new studies on the contagiousness of vaccinated people.
As for Sweden, the Nordic country intends to launch its vaccination passport in June 2021. On this subject, the Swedish Minister of Digital, Anders Ygeman explained that “ with a digital vaccination certificate, it will be quick and easy to prove a complete vaccination “.
What do the WHO and the EU say about this?
If the announcement of these two Nordic countries is not unanimous in all European countries such as France, the two countries have assured that they will ensure that these certificates are made compatible with the international projects discussed at the World Organization of health and within the EU. Although the WHO and the EU have not declared themselves against this project, the two organizations still consider this decision ” premature Because of the uncertainty as to the level of contagiousness that the vaccinated people could keep. This is why the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, spoke last month about a vaccination passport, declaring that this point ” should be discussed at European level “.
