20 EU COUNTRIES ISSUE COVID-19 TRAVEL CERTIFICATES

Mon 28 June 2021:

Twenty EU nations are already issuing COVID-19 digital travel certificates that are scheduled to go into application officially from July 1, a European Commission spokesperson said Monday.

“We have 20 member states connected and issuing certificates,” Johannes Bahrke, coordinating spokesperson for innovation and digital economy, told reporters.

Earlier, the European Union had mentioned that member states can issue travel certificates regardless of the type of Coronavirus vaccine. However, now the form indicates that the pass will only be issued to “vaccines that have received EU-wide marketing authorization”.

The latest countries to join the quarantine-free travel scheme are Slovenia and Slovakia, he said. The seven holdouts are Cyprus, Hungary, Ireland, Malta, the Netherlands, Romania and Sweden.

EU-recognized “green passes” have also been introduced in Iceland and Norway, the European economic area countries, and talks are underway with Switzerland on mutual certificate recognition.

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