EU digital covid certificate

Digital green pass, or ... ... would also include
 * covid travel pass
 * covid passport
 * digital green certificate
 * digital green pass (first seen)
 * EU covid-19 certificate
 * health pass
 * immunity pass
 * travel certificate
 * travel pass
 * vaccine passport
 * interoperable test certificate
 * interoperable certificate of recovery

The digital green pass is not related to the Digital Agenda for Europe, nor environment.

EUR-Lex

 * , Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a framework for the issuance, verification and acceptance of interoperable certificates on vaccination, testing and recovery to facilitate free movement during the covid-19 pandemic (Digital Green Certificate) COM/2021/130 final

News

 * 04 Aug 2021, Economist.com, Where will you need a covid passport?, Proof of vaccination or recovery from infection is increasingly being demanded, not just for international travel but also within countries.Immunity passports are nothing new. The World Health Organisation’s International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis, commonly known as the Yellow Card, was first issued in 1951. It is still used today by travellers who need to show that they have been vaccinated against diseases from yellow fever to rubella.
 * 22 Jul 2021, Politico.eu, Italy introduces coronavirus ‘green pass’ for indoor dining, entertainment, The move comes after Covid-19 cases more than doubled over the last week. Citing widespread vaccination, Italian Health Minister Roberto Speranza also announced a change to how the government measures epidemiological risk across regions, giving more weight to hospital and ICU occupancy rather than primarily relying on case numbers.
 * 08 Jul 2021, Politico.eu, EU to accept Swiss covid certificates, Didier Reynders: “This will allow EU citizens and Swiss nationals to travel safely and more freely this summer.”
 * 08 Jul 2021, Politico.eu, Why are EU vaccine passes discriminating against Africans?, The EU’s digital travel certificate paves the way for a two-tier vaccine system. By not recognizing Covishield ™ and other WHO-approved vaccines for the Digital Green Certificate, the EU is setting a precedent and shooting itself in the foot, both ethically and politically. If this bureaucratic blunder is not fixed fast, it will do lasting damage to Europe’s credibility in Africa and across the developing world.
 * 01 Jul 2021, Politico.eu, EU covid travel certificates go into effect, More than 200 million passes have already been generated as the certificate goes live.
 * 29 Jun 2021, EurActiv.com, EU airlines, airports warn digital covid certificate roll-out risks chaos, Groups representing Europe’s largest airlines and airports have warned of chaos and hours-long queues unless countries better coordinate the roll-out of the EU’s digital covid-19 certificate and ensure passengers are processed before arriving at airports.
 * 14 Jun 2021, Politico.eu, FAQ: How to travel in Europe this summer, With the coronavirus pandemic fading, the EU has new rules on how to move around the bloc.
 * 31 May 2021, Politico.eu, Commission proposes plan to avoid EU travel chaos, EU-wide covid certificates are to be rolled out in July. The proposal — an update to a non-binding recommendation EU countries agreed last year — says travelers with a covid certificate proving they're fully vaccinated or recovered from a coronavirus infection shouldn't be required to get a test or to quarantine, Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders said.
 * 21 May 2021, Politico.eu, FAQ: How the EU’s coronavirus certificates will work, The certificates indicate if you’ve been jabbed, tested or have had covid.
 * 20 May 2021, ECDC, The use of antibody tests for SARS-COV-2 in the context of digital green certificates, A positive antibody test result can be proof of a past (including recent) infection, without providing any indication of the time of infection, and cannot exclude a current ongoing infection. Therefore, is not an absolute proof that a person is not infectious and/or protected against a new infection and cannot transmit the virus further. The tests that target the spike protein will be unable to distinguish between people who have been previously infected and those who have received at least one dose of the vaccine.
 * 20 May 2021, Politico.eu, Negotiators clinch deal on coronavirus certificates, The covid passes should be in use by July 1.
 * 19 May 2021, Politico.eu, EU countries agree to reopen borders to vaccinated travelers, The EU is aiming to loosen rules for non-essential travel.
 * 08 May 2021, Politico.eu, One shot or two? How vaccine dosing impacts the EU’s new travel rules, Current real-world data shows just one shot can confer significant protection. Delaying doses. Among EU-approved vaccines, only the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine team measured the effect of bigger intervals between doses on efficacy.  Mixing vaccines. Several EU countries have opted to mix jabs following links to very rare blood clots with the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, offering young adults who received a first dose of Oxford/AstraZeneca's adenovirus vaccine a second dose with an mRNA vaccine from BioNTech/Pfizer or Moderna. The data on how well mixing jabs protects against disease, however, isn't yet available.
 * 20 Apr 2021, Politico.eu, France launches coronavirus travel pass, The app will be tested on flights to Corsica this week.
 * 17 Mar 2021, Politico.eu, Commission tries to rescue the summer with coronavirus travel certificate, There is a divide emerging between north and south.
 * 17 Mar 2021, Reuters.com, UK mulling vaccine passport options for at home and abroad, minister says
 * 16 Mar 2021, Politico.eu, EU’s covid travel pass will let countries choose Russia, China vaccines, The offering underlines the tightrope the EU is walking on the issue.
 * 13 Mar 2021, Politico.eu, How useful are vaccine passports?, Identity schemes have a part to play in the return to life as normal, but only a modest one. [...] Passports are most useful in the period when large numbers of people who want to be inoculated risk being infected because vaccine is scarce. That is also when passports are most unfair. [...] However, the more heavily passports are used as an incentive, the more they are oppressive. If you need one simply to get on a bus or buy a loaf of bread, you lose your choice to be vaccinated.
 * 09 Mar 2021, Politico.eu, Vaccine apartheid or corona-utopia — 6 post-pandemic futures, ‘Immunity passes’ could offer a return to normal or a dystopic sci-fi future.
 * 05 Mar 2021, Politico.eu, FAQ: The Commission’s plan to restart covid travel, Efforts to set travel rules for vaccinated people have opened up political, tech and fairness issues.
 * 01 Mar 2021, Politico.eu, Commission to propose digital green pass for travel this month

External

 * Europa.eu,, Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a framework for the issuance, verification and acceptance of interoperable certificates on vaccination, testing and recovery to facilitate free movement during the covid-19 pandemic (Digital Green Certificate) - COM/2021/130 final
 * Europa.eu, Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a framework for the issuance, verification and acceptance of interoperable certificates on vaccination, testing and recovery to facilitate free movement during the covid-19 pandemic (Digital Green Certificate)