Share CLOSE Nurse Alicja Jakubowska is vaccinated with the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus disease vaccine at a hospital in Warsaw, Poland on Dec 27, 2020. [Photo/Agencies]
Certifications can help prove travelers immunization status but may also be discriminatory
Since the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines late last year, controversial health certification programs have been building up in Europe.
According to information from the Schengen visa website, travelers could be asked to present proof that they have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to be eligible to enter the Schengen member states and the European Union.
Some European countries have already made the rules mandatory or are working toward making vaccine passports mandatory.