{"id":113044,"date":"2021-04-28T12:12:48","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T12:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=113044"},"modified":"2021-04-28T12:12:48","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T12:12:48","slug":"swipe-my-phone-uk-to-use-health-service-app-as-vaccine-passport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/markets\/swipe-my-phone-uk-to-use-health-service-app-as-vaccine-passport\/","title":{"rendered":"Swipe my phone: UK to use health service app as vaccine passport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON (Reuters) -Britain plans to use a National Health Service phone app as its COVID-19 \u2018vaccine passport\u2019 certificate that will allow its population to travel internationally this summer, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said on Wednesday.<\/p><figcaption class=\"Slideshow-description-447Md\">Slideshow <span>( 2 images )<\/span><\/figcaption><p>Countries around the world are looking at a host of options that will serve as proof of COVID-19 vaccinations to allow travel, though airports, border agencies and airlines are worried there will be no clear global standard that will be accepted at all borders.<\/p>\n<p>So-called vaccine passports could range from a digital certificate with a scannable QR code in the European Union, to a National Health Service (NHS) phone app in the United Kingdom, or a humble piece of paper in some other countries.<\/p>\n<p>Besides concerns over issuance, forgery and the repeated failure of government-backed technology projects, it was still unclear how such documents would be received by notoriously zealous border guards across the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn terms of vaccine certification, I can confirm&#8230; it will be an NHS app that is used for people when they book appointments with the NHS and so on to be able to show that you\u2019ve had a vaccine or that you\u2019ve had testing,\u201d Transport Secretary Shapps told Sky News.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I\u2019m working internationally with partners across the world, to make sure that that system can be internationally recognised,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Airlines, which were brought to the edge of insolvency by the COVID-19 pandemic, are desperate for flights to resume as lockdown restrictions ease, so that they can earn some money from the northern hemisphere\u2019s summer holiday season.<\/p>\n<p>British tourists are among the highest-spending European tourists, so their ability to travel is key for the economies of southern Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Britain has earmarked May 17 as being the earliest date when international travel would be allowed for non-essential reasons following a winter lockdown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe data does continue to look good from a UK perspective, notwithstanding those concerns about where people might be travelling to and making sure that we\u2019re protected from the disease being reimported,\u201d Shapps said.<\/p>\n<p>Airlines and airports have said any vaccine passport will need to be digital, to avoid delays during customs clearance or the boarding of flights caused by checks of paperwork.<\/p>\n<p>However, it is not clear how countries will recognise different systems: the global airline industry body IATA is launching a digital travel pass for COVID-19 test results and vaccine certificates, while the European Union is launching a bloc-wide system.<\/p>\n<p>Shapps said he would reveal which travel categories countries would be placed in early next month.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-health-coronavirus-britain-travel\/swipe-my-phone-uk-to-use-health-service-app-as-vaccine-passport-idUSKBN2CF0KU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON (Reuters) -Britain plans to use a National Health Service phone app as its COVID-19 \u2018vaccine passport\u2019 certificate that will allow its population to travel [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":113043,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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