The Government could tell pubs and restaurants that don't check the vaccination statuses of their customers to reintroduce social distancing during future 'Covid surges', under new plans.
The 'pingdemic' continues to wreak havoc on businesses that are trying desperately to recover from the damage caused by lockdown, with one in 10 pubs and restaurants having been forced to close over the past month.
The Government must scrap its "outrageous proposal" to introduce vaccine passports or it will risk splitting the Conservative Party "irretrievably", warns Steve Baker, the Deputy Chairman of the Covid Recovery Group.
A minister has refused to rule out the prospect of the Government barring unvaccinated Brits from pubs, saying that "we're not ruling anything out" regarding the introduction of domestic vaccine passports.
A pub in Norwich has become the first in Britain to announce that it will check vaccine passports on the door and refuse entry to unvaccinated Brits, citing fears over the Delta Covid variant.
Plans for vaccine passports appear to be back on the table. People may be required to show a "Covid certificate" later this year to enter bars, restaurants and nightclubs under plans to combat a "fourth wave".
The continuation of social distancing and other restrictions means around four million fewer pints will be sold in pubs during the Euro 2020 final on Sunday as pubs across the country struggle to break even.
Only those who are fully vaccinated against Covid will be able to enjoy indoor hospitality when it finally reopens in Ireland. People who have received one dose, or who are unvaccinated, will be forced to stay outside.
40% of Brits say their favorite pubs are still closed because of social distancing. But the Government seems mainly to be focusing on introducing more measures, with vaccine passports in pubs seemingly back on the table.
Nightclubs and bars are considering suing the Government to prevent the extension of lockdown beyond June 21st, according to reports.
