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EU unveils plans for vaccine passports by summer
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17 March 2021 ⢠5:14pm
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The European Commission has today proposed the introduction of Covid passport to allow 450 million Europeans to travel freely by summer.
The so-called Digital Green Certificates, which should be free of charge, will be delivered to EU residents who can prove they have been vaccinated, but also to those who have tested negative for the virus or have proof they have recovered from it. Being vaccinated will not be a precondition to travel, the commission said. All EU citizens have a fundamental right to free movement in the EU and this applies regardless of whether they are vaccinated or not. The Digital Green Certificate will make it easier to exercise that right, also through testing and recovery certificates.
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The CDC s official guidance is still that all people should avoid travel on cruise ships. It s regulations for cruising s return remain in effect until November 1, 2021. Returning to passenger cruising is a phased approach and our current focus is on the protection of crew and working with cruise lines to implement the initial phase requirements of testing all crew and developing onboard laboratory capacity, a CDC spokesperson told CNN Travel. They said there was no date for when simulated voyages would begin.
In the UK, a governent global travel taskforce is working to determine when international travel to and from the UK can restart, with the official roadmap stipulating it should be no earlier than May 17.