TORONTO – The vaccination passport hypothesis continues to divide. The provincial government of Ontario has so far categorically ruled out the activation of a European-style Green Pass, a position that has been confirmed several times during the last few days of the Chief Medical Officer of Ontario Kieran Moore: for now a universal document certifying the double vaccination has taken place is not on the political agenda of the executive. Yet the debate on this thorny issue continues, as is happening in the Old Continent in the wake of the squeeze wanted in France by President Emmanuel Macron. →
TORONTO – Vaccination passport yes, vaccination passport no. The controversy, stimulated also since it is happening overseas on the vaccination obligation, has suddenly broken out even here in Canada, with the various levels of government that are not able to express a common position on a burning issue, destined to accompany us throughout the summer. But let us put our own house in order. →
The European Union (EU) officials have confirmed in developing a COVID-19 passport, known as Digital Green Certificate for its 27 countries and talking about that plan with the United States of America (USA), but Canada is taking a cautious approach based on science to keep Canadians safe. →
[GTranslate]Herd immunity in Europe by mid-July and health passport ready in two to three months: this was announced by Thierry Breton, EU commissioner for the internal market and head of the vaccines task force. →
[GTranslate]BRUSSELS – The ‘Covid passport’ is coming in Europe: a digital document “to help freedom of movement in the EU” as said by the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, at a press conference in Brussels today. →