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International vaccine passport11/28/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Fogg's firm scaled back plans to attend a major telecom trade show in Barcelona next month, given quarantine rules for people returning to the UK.``Those 10 days of quarantine will have negative business implications - there's no way around it,'' Fogg said, while acknowledging tradeoffs including concerns about data privacy.Eymeric Segard, CEO of Geneva-based private jet broker Lunajets, noted travelers already hand over passports with personal data on arrival.``Personally, you know, I would be happy to tell anybody, yes, I am vaccinated or no I'm not vaccinated,`` he said, adding that vaccine passports would help avoid the ``logistical nightmare`` of multiple COVID-19 tests Europeans face when visiting other EU countries. WHAT TRAVELERS WANT Business travelers like British public relations executive Richard Fogg welcome vaccine passports.``Our expectation is it will remain a requirement for international travel.`` CommonPass says users will be able to import vaccine credentials by mid-June.Amid a pandemic-dimmed travel outlook, CommonPass CEO Paul Meyer said vaccine passports will only become more widespread. Both are also expected to work with the EU certificates. Both can also be integrated into airline travel apps so users can verify their vaccine status when they check in online. Travel Pass and CommonPass are so far only available to travelers on airlines that are using them. A rival effort, the nonprofit CommonPass, has gained traction with carriers like Cathay Pacific, JetBlue, United and Lufthansa.Travelers can already use the apps to verify that their COVID-19 test results are accepted at their destination. TRAVEL APPS Travelers also need a smartphone app to carry any eventual official vaccination certificates.The EU's project includes open source technology European countries can use to build their own official mobile wallets.The International Air Transport Association, an airline industry group, has its smartphone IATA Travel Pass, which airlines including Qantas, Japan Airlines, Emirates, British Airways and Virgin Atlantic have signed up to.The idea is that travelers will flash a QR code on their phones so it can be scanned at, say, an airport or train station, using an official verification app that checks with national databases, via an EU technical ``gateway.''The World Health Organization doesn't recommend vaccination proof as a requirement for international travel, citing unequal distribution of vaccines, even as it consults on interim guidance for developing a ``Smart Vaccination Certificate.'' Officials in Brussels say that will be up to individual countries. It's still unclear where and how exactly travelers in the EU, which doesn't have internal border checkpoints, will have their certificates checked. The U.K., meanwhile, updated its National Health Service app last week to let fully vaccinated users prove their status when traveling abroad, coinciding with an easing of travel rules.Testing is under way for the EU's digital certificate, which will also confirm COVID-19 test results or recovery from the virus and is set to go live by the end of June, allowing residents to reunite with friends and relatives living across 30 European countries. ![]() OFFICIAL EFFORTS The European Union, China and Japan are all working on their own digital vaccination certificates for cross-border travel. ![]()
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