The covid vaccination passport is already a reality for tourism in seven European countries

With the end of boost tourism amid pandemic and avoid second summer lost to coronavirus, Greece and six other European Union (EU) member states began to apply today a system of vaccination certificates, before the official launch of the block-wide program on July 1.

Greece, whose economy depends on tourismor, it is the country that has promoted the application in the EU of this certificate with advanced security features, and it was Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the Greek Prime Minister, who initially presented the proposal.

EThe digital passport will be portable in the form of a QR code, on a mobile phone or on paper, it doesn’t matter allow authorities to determine the status of a visitor online based on records from your home country in the EU.

the a new certificate will be available for people fully vaccinated against Covid-19, who have a recent negative test result or who have recovered from a coronavirus infection.

Greek Minister of Digital Technologies Kyriakos Pierrakakis said the initiative will make travel within the EU easier as member states adopt the new verification standard, the Europa Press news agency reported.

This month, the representatives of the European Parliament and the 27 EU Member States have approved this certificate, which will allow the reopening of borders from July 1.

Athens it was one of early supporters of a certificate that will ease the block’s travel restrictions and it will help pull the country’s economy out of recession by increasing tourism receipts.

In addition to Greece, today Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Croatia and Poland have started using vaccination passports, according to the European Commission, the executive body of the EU.

Spain, whose economy is also heavily dependent on tourism, said last week that you will start using it next Monday June 7th within the framework of the probationary period foreseen by the EU before its entry into force for the whole block, in July.