Johnson made the comments during a government coronavirus briefing on Monday afternoon (8 March), acknowledging the concept wouldn’t be new to some international travellers.
However, he said the government was still getting its head round how vaccine certification would work domestically, with a review being led by Michael Gove.
Taking questions from the public, Phoebe from Leeds asked the prime minister: "I’ve been hearing a lot about vaccine passports to allow British tourists to travel again.