UK to test use of ‘COVID passports’ in cinemas and football matches

The UK government will begin testing ‘COVID passports’ in cinemas and sporting events this month as part of the gradual de-escalation in the UK, where half of the adult population has already been vaccinated with a first dose.

With these certificates, people will be able to show that they have been vaccinated, tested negative for COVID-19 or have antibodies after beating the disease, according to the media.

These documents – on which several deputies opposed – can assist in the safe return of spectators to football matches, holding conferences or opening nightclubs without the need to impose a social distance.

These “passports” will be repeated -from this month and until mid-May- in events such as the semi-final and the final of the Football Association Football Cup, a billiards championship which will take place in Sheffield, in the north of England, and in cinemas.

Chain BBC reports this Sunday that British Health (NHS) is working on a system that allows people to demonstrate their health status to COVID via a paper request or certificate. The government, according to this station, is also consulting ethics experts to make exceptions to this document for people who cannot be vaccinated.

However, the executive does not want this certificate to be used to enter stores that sell non-essential products, which will reopen on April 12, or on public transport.

The British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson hopes to release details of the de-escalation roadmap on Monday, especially the plan to allow international travelbecause it is currently illegal to go on vacation abroad.

According to the media, trips abroad will be subject to a “traffic light” system, where each country will be listed in red, yellow or green, due to the risk of contagion and the status of vaccinations in those destinations.

People who travel to countries in “green” will not have to quarantine themselves on their return to the UK, but in the case of a territory in “yellow”, while those who have been to a destination in “red” must comply with a ten- day isolation period in hotels designated by the government.

The executive vetoed the entry of travelers from countries – including South America and South Africa – included in a “red” list, for fear of the entry of Brazilian and southern variants. -african.

According to the latest official figures, yesterday ten deaths from covid-19 were reported in the UK and 3,423 new infections, while more than 31 million people received the first dose of a vaccine and more than five million them. two doses of drug.

(With information from EFE)

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