The Swedish government on Thursday mentioned it will be introducing a digital coronavirus “vaccine passport” to allow individuals who have been vaccinated to travel.
Digitalization Minister Anders Ygeman mentioned three authorities in Sweden had been requested to work on producing the certificates, and the plan is to coordinate it with the World Health Organization and the European Union.
Ygeman instructed a news conference that vaccination certifications will likely be required for travel and “possibly taking part in other activities” when Sweden and neighboring nations start to open up again.
The announcement came after Denmark’s government on Wednesday mentioned it’s joining forces with businesses to develop a digital passport that would present whether people have been vaccinated against the coronavirus, allowing them to travel and assist ease restrictions on public life.
Finance Minister Morten Boedskov informed a news conference that “in three, 4 months, a digital corona passport shall be prepared for use in, for example, business travel.”
“It’s completely essential for us to be able to restart Danish society so that companies can get back on track. Many Danish companies are global companies with the whole world as a market,” he added.
The Danish government said it should resolve in a while whether the digital passport should be used for purposes apart from travel to assist reopen public life.
The European Commission, meanwhile, has been weighing proposals to issue vaccination certificates to assist get travelers to their trip destinations more quickly and avoid another disastrous summer for Europe’s tourism sector. However the EU’s executive arm mentioned for now such certificates would only be used for medical purposes, for instance, to monitor the possible adverse effects of vaccines.
