Britain is set to join the E.U.'s vaccine passport scheme. "To make journeys easier," according to Government officials. Joining it would also enable ministers to launch a domestic passport system more quickly.
The E.U.'s vaccine passport doesn't just make life difficult for the unvaccinated. Millions of vaccinated Brits do not qualify because they were given an Indian-made AstraZeneca vaccine not yet approved in the E.U.
The E.U. has failed in a legal attempt to secure 120 million doses of the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine – yet it still claims victory on the basis that the ruling demonstrates the drugmaker's failure to meet its commitments.
More than a quarter of adults in the E.U. are either "very unlikely" or "rather unlikely" to accept a Covid vaccine, according to a new survey. Lack of trust in the safety of the vaccine is the main reason for hesitancy.
We have an update today from a source within the EU on yesterday's vote in the European Parliament, which essentially waived through the Commission's plans to roll out a vaccine passports scheme across the EU.
The European Parliament is about to waive through the EU-wide roll-out of vaccine passports. Ciarán McCollum, a Northern Irish barrister, is concerned that this scheme will destroy the fragile peace in Northern Ireland.
