Europe is moving towards the creation of a vaccination certificate against covid to reactivate mobility and avoid a second summer without international tourism, a document for which the European Parliament wants to seal the agreement with the countries.
The Parliament and the Council (the countries) are the two institutions that must now negotiate the format and characteristics of this document for which the European Commission presented its proposal on March 17, after the interest shown, in particular, by several Member States most dependent on tourism.
Depending on the project presented, the certificate would be free, it could be presented in electronic format – with a QR code – or on paper – with a barcode – and it will be available in English and the official language of the country that issues it.
The document would contain information on whether its carrier has received the coronavirus vaccine, has generated antibodies after passing the disease or has a recent negative PCR, the latter being one of the criteria that many countries have required from travellers in recent months.
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