{"id":48981,"date":"2021-01-20T19:13:43","date_gmt":"2021-01-20T23:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=48981"},"modified":"2021-01-20T19:13:59","modified_gmt":"2021-01-20T23:13:59","slug":"these-are-the-countries-and-airlines-adopting-vaccine-passports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=48981","title":{"rendered":"These are the countries and airlines adopting vaccine passports."},"content":{"rendered":"

CORONAVIRUS<\/em><\/h4>\n

Barrage Of New Countries And Airlines To Adopt Vaccine Passports<\/h1>\n

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New York Times admits schemes could lead to \u201ca dystopic system that would limit the rights of people who have been careful to avoid infection and are unable or unwilling to be vaccinated\u201d<\/h3>\n

Steve Watson
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Michele Ursi \/ Getty Images<\/p><\/div>\n

Several more countries have indicated that they are to adopt vaccination passports, meaning anyone crossing their borders will need to be able to prove they have been inoculated against coronavirus.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is being reported\u00a0<\/a>that the South African government is working on implementing an entire Covid-19 vaccine \u2018ID system\u2019, which will not only encompass the so called \u2018passports\u2019, but will also include \u201cmanagement and surveillance of the Covid-19 vaccine,\u201d as well as \u201can integrated track-and-trace system,\u201d and \u201ca dashboard system\u2026 to capture the reasons given for vaccine refusal.\u201d<\/p>\n

The country\u2019s COVID battle has come under scrutiny in recent weeks with a purported super \u2018mutation\u2019 of the virus being discovered there.<\/p>\n

The South African Department of Health has announced that all citizens who are vaccinated will be placed on a national register and provided with a vaccination card.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, in Europe, another country has indicated it will adopt the vaccination passport scheme with\u00a0Ukrainian health officials announcing<\/a>\u00a0that all vaccinated people will be entered into an electronic health care database.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen\u00a0mandatory<\/strong>\u00a0vaccination passports are introduced at the international level, Ukrainian doctors will be able to promptly issue a certificate of vaccinations,\u201d\u00a0said chief sanitary doctor of Ukraine Viktor Liashko.<\/p>\n

Another country said to be mulling the introduction of COVID passports is Russia. The\u00a0New York Times reported<\/a>\u00a0that \u201cThe Russian government is considering issuing coronavirus health certificates that could ease travel and commerce for people who have been vaccinated.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Times quoted the head of the Russian Parliament\u2019s committee on public health, Dmitri Morozov, who\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0that a Covid passport was \u201cvery important and needed.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is great, this is the new world,\u201d Morozov reportedly stated.<\/p>\n

The Times also noted that \u201cA regional governor in Russia, Radi Khabirov, proposed on Monday that Covid passport holders receive discounts at stores, as an incentive for people to obtain the certificate.\u201d<\/p>\n

The report also noted that \u201cPresident Vladimir V. Putin\u2019s spokesman, Dmitri S. Peskov,\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0on Tuesday that the government is considering issuing Covid passports.\u201d<\/p>\n

After the Times report was published,\u00a0Russian state media denied<\/a>\u00a0that a COVID passport scheme to limit travel had been discussed by Peskov or the Kremlin.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are far from a unified point of view on this subject right now, there are no consistent approaches or a consensus on this subject,\u201d Peskov said, but added that \u201cthis subject is circulating, it\u2019s being worked out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Interestingly, while the likes of the New York Times has reported on other countries adopting the COVID passports, in its coverage of Russia potentially doing the same, it paints a much darker picture, stating that \u201cOpponents fear a dystopic system that would limit the rights of people who have been careful to avoid infection and are unable or unwilling to be vaccinated.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cRussia has a grim history rooted in the Soviet era of controlling citizens\u2019 movements, through a residency permit system that was never fully abolished,\u201d the Times report continues.<\/p>\n

So when Russia do it, it\u2019s bad, but when other countries do it, it\u2019s part of restoring \u2018open society\u2019. Hmmmm.<\/p>\n

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