The World Health Organization (WHO) does not support the use of passports for coronavirus vaccines, a spokesman said.
WHO spokeswoman Margaret Harris said the World Health Agency did not support the use of these passports – evidence that one had been vaccinated against COVID-19 – because it was not yet known whether those had been vaccinated against the virus. , it can still not transmit. She cited stock issues as another reason why the WHO does not currently endorse their use.
“We as WHO say at this stage that we do not want to see the vaccination passport as a requirement for entry or exit, because at this stage we are not sure that the vaccine will prevent the transmission,” Harris said in a newsletter of the United Nations, per Reuters.
In the U.S., the issuance of vaccine passports has largely become biased, with Republican lawmakers mostly against the draft.
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“There are all the other questions apart from the issue of discrimination of people who for some reason cannot get the vaccine,” she added.
The news comes after the country’s leading expert in infectious diseases also spoke to vaccine passports, saying the federal government would not oblige it to end travelers or businesses after the pandemic.
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“I doubt whether the federal government will be the main driver of a draft vaccine passport,” said Dr. Anthony Fauci, who also serves as president Biden’s chief medical adviser, told the Politico Dispatch podcast on Monday.
“They can be involved in making sure things are done fairly and equitably, but I doubt the federal government is going to be the most important element of this,” he added.
Some argue that the mandatory vaccine passports could accelerate the reopening of international travel. But the issue of vaccine passports is complicated and there is a lot of debate worldwide, with big questions about how many governments, employers and locals have the right to know what the person’s vaccination status is.
In the U.S., the issue has largely become biased, with Republican lawmakers mostly against the draft. Government Ron DeSantis, Florida, for example, issued an executive order Friday banning the use of vaccine passports in the state, while Democratic New York became the first state to introduce a digital vaccine passport when it recently introduced the so-called “Excelsior” of launched. Pass. ‘
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Some private businesses and organizations can still look at ways to confirm that someone has been vaccinated. Fauci also spoke about this during his appearance in the Politico Dispatch podcast, pointing out that businesses or schools may expect them to enter their buildings.
“I’m not saying that they should or that they should, but I’m saying that you could have foreseen how an independent entity would say, ‘well, we can not deal with you unless we know you’ll be vaccinated.’ “but it will not be instructed by the federal government,” he said.