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Introduce Covid 'green pass' before further reopening travel – MPs

Government
Rob Gill
22 June 2021

The UK should introduce a digital Covid-19 "green pass" before there is any further reopening of international travel, a group of politicians has recommended.

British Airways and Virgin Atlantic have welcomed the move, signalling they will be revising their onboard face mask policy as well

The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Coronavirus, which was set up to examine the UK government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, said a green pass should be implemented across all four UK nations but it should not be used as “alternative” to requiring negative Covid tests.

“The APPG believes that current measures put in place at UK entry points by the UK government are not sufficient to address the threat of importation of new variants posed by international travel,” said the group after hearing evidence from experts.