Geneva: A senior World Health Organization official said that so-called “vaccine passports” for COVID-19 should not be used for international travel due to numerous concerns, including ethical considerations that coronavirus vaccines are not easily available. available worldwide.
At a news conference on Monday, WHO emergency chief Dr. Michael Ryan said that there are “real ethical and practical considerations” for countries that consider using vaccine certification as a condition for travel, adding that UN health agency advises against it for now.
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“Vaccination is simply not available enough around the world and is certainly not available equitably,” said Ryan. The WHO noted earlier that it is not yet known how long the immunity of the countless licensed COVID-19 vaccines lasts and that data is still being collected.
Ryan also noted that the strategy can be unfair to people who cannot be vaccinated for certain reasons and that requiring vaccine passports can allow “injustice and injustice to be further marked in the system”.
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