Health passport spreads around the world

The health pass, which reserves access to certain public places for vaccinated, cured or negative people, is conquering more and more spaces in different countries of the world. Hungary, Austria and Denmark are the first nations to implement it and New York will soon begin to demand it.

Hungary quickly inoculated its population with Russian and Chinese vaccines and began issuing “immunity certificates” from March. In May, these cards were used to reopen hotels, theaters, movie theaters and the interior of restaurants. Despite lifting many restrictions, certificates are still needed for covering the needs of more than 500 people.

For its part, in Denmark the health passport continues to be mandatory to access various public places such as hairdressers or gyms. Whereas, in Austria, since mid-May when the general reopening took place, to enter hotels, restaurants, gyms, museums, concerts, hairdressers and sporting events it is mandatory to present a negative test, an antibody certificate or a vaccination test.

At the end of July, the health pass became mandatory in France to enter cultural and leisure establishments that serve more than 50 people and from this Sunday is extended to cafes, restaurants, airplanes, trains, buses for long trips and professional fairs. The pass will also be mandatory for visitors or patients who do not go urgently to health establishments and nursing homes.

In Portugal and Ireland the health pass is mandatory to enter public places, hotels, restaurant halls and for group classes in gyms.

On July 1st, the European Health Pass entered into force in the European Union, which is a flash code that allows checking if the carrier is vaccinated or has a recent negative test, allowing travelers to cross the borders of 33 countries on the continent. , including the 27 nations that make up the eurozone, the Principality of Andorra, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Norway and Switzerland.

M.  Rodríguez

Source: el nacional.com