Article 596YB Digital 'health passport' trials under way to aid reopening of borders

Digital 'health passport' trials under way to aid reopening of borders

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Mattha Busby
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CommonPass aims to create common standard proving a traveller is Covid-free or vaccinated

A new digital health passport" is to be piloted by a small number of passengers flying from the UK to the US for the first time next week under plans for a global framework for Covid-safe air travel.

The CommonPass system, backed by the World Economic Forum (WEF), is designed to create a common international standard for passengers to demonstrate they do not have coronavirus.

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