Article 5GTGZ France is first EU member state to start testing digital Covid travel certificate

France is first EU member state to start testing digital Covid travel certificate

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Jon Henley in Paris
from World news | The Guardian on (#5GTGZ)

French trial will be extended from 29 April to include vaccination certificates

France has become the first EU member state to begin testing a digital coronavirus travel certificate as part of a Europe-wide scheme that Brussels hopes will allow people to travel more freely within the bloc by the summer.

The TousAntiCovid app, part of the country's contact tracing programme, has been upgraded to store negative Covid-19 test results on travellers' mobile phones and is being trialled on flights to Corsica and overseas departements from this week.

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