Sharjah 24 – Reuters: The EU has voted to approve the EU Digital Covid Certificate, which should allow easier movement between EU countries. The scheme is scheduled to start on July 1.
The certificate is touted as a way to make travel within Europe much easier.
Currently, if you travel between two EU countries you'll have to meet each of their individual rules for entry — which might mean daily testing if you're driving through or taking the train around the continent.
The certificate will log three things: the holder’s vaccination record, negative tests, and a record of previous infection.
In participating countries, the certificate should allow carriers to simply scan and go. It should eventually be valid in all EU member states, plus Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. Switzerland is also looking likely.
Travellers can choose a paper or digital certificate, and EU countries are urged to not add extra requirements for entry, although it is conceded that in some cases, countries might still require additional testing.
Only vaccines approved for use in the EU will count — so Sinovac or Sputnik V, for example, wouldn't count.
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