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Hopes grow for EU acceptance of NHS Covid Pass

Government
Rob Gill
22 September 2021

The EU could accept the NHS Covid Pass as proof of vaccination across all member states by the end of September, according to reports.

Guests are no longer required to take a PCR test or complete the country's Green Pass to gain entry

Currently 19 EU countries, including France, Spain and Greece, have unilaterally agreed to accept the NHS Covid pass as proof of vaccination.

But an EU-wide agreement to accept the NHS certificate as the equivalent of the EU’s own digital Covid-19 certificate will further boost confidence in travel to the continent by removing confusion about which countries will accept the NHS Covid Pass.

Sources in both the UK and at the European Commission in Brussels have told The Guardian that an agreement could be reached “shortly” – possibly by the end of September.