COVID-19 vaccine passport

Vaccine passport protests in Europe draw thousands of people

January 25, 2022 The Associated Press

HELSINKI — Thousands of people gathered in European capitals Saturday to protest vaccine passports and other requirements governments have imposed in hopes of ending the coronavirus pandemic. Demonstrations took place in Athens, Helsinki, London, Paris […]

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Gov. Roy Cooper mulling vaccine passports

April 21, 2021 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — Since the end of March, Gov. Roy Cooper has said his administration is looking at creation of a so-called “COVID-19 vaccine passport” for North Carolina residents. During a tour of a vaccination site […]

Tennessee, Texas governors move to ban vaccine passport proposals

April 8, 2021 The Associated Press

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott used his executive power to ban state government and some private entities from requiring COVID-19 “vaccine passports,” which are being developed in some areas. Currently, so-called […]

Will you need a ‘vaccine passport’ to travel?

March 21, 2021 David Koenig, Associated Press

Airlines and others in the travel industry are throwing their support behind so-called vaccine passports to boost pandemic-depressed travel, and authorities in Europe could embrace the idea quickly enough for the peak summer vacation season. […]

UK to push at G-7 for global standard on ‘vaccine passports’

February 25, 2021 Jill Lawless, Associated Press

LONDON — Britain plans to use its presidency of the Group of Seven economic powers to push for an internationally recognized system of vaccine passports that could allow world travel to resume, though Prime Minister […]