Prognosis
EU Weighs Changes to Covid Certificates, Travel Rules During Surge
- Ministers to discuss Covid certificates, booster shots Tuesday
- Steps by governments include lockdowns, mandatory vaccinations
A Covid app check at a restaurant in Berlin, Germany.
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The European Union is discussing this week how to update its digital Covid-19 certificates and its approach to travel within and outside the bloc as member nations take varying steps to counter the latest wave of the pandemic.
“We need to avoid fragmentation,” Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides told the European Parliament on Monday, emphasizing that the EU’s Covid-19 certificate has been the “meeting point” for coordination across the bloc.