Thu 12 August 2021:
Canada is planning to develop a digital vaccine passport for citizens who wish to travel overseas after imposing restrictions on unvaccinated persons.
Officials from the government said on Wednesday that a digital vaccine passport will be accessible in the coming months.
This vaccine passport will be “a key step forward in ensuring Canadians will have the documents they need once it is safe to travel again,” according to Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino.
Locals in Canada have been urged to get vaccinated as soon as possible against the deadly coronavirus. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, had suggested compulsory vaccines for all government employees.
Till the end of July, nearly 81 per cent of the eligible population had received the first dose of the vaccine and 68 per cent have been fully vaccinated.
“We need to get vaccinated to get through this pandemic, particularly with all the real concerns around the Delta variant we are facing that is striking hardest, obviously, in under-vaccinated and non-vaccinated people,” Trudeau said.
He also added that getting vaccinated is “no longer a matter of individual choice” and people should consider “community and our children who haven’t had the opportunity to be vaccinated”.
Quebec has also discussed the idea of ‘vaccine passports,’ which would restrict access to non-essential public venues like gyms, restaurants, and clubs to individuals who have been completely vaccinated.
