On Wednesday, some people in France were disappointed when they arrived at certain venues, museums, cinemas or swimming pools, to find that they would need to present proof of their Covid-19 vaccination to gain entry. “I was really angry… I had no idea,” a 51-year-old told Reuters after being turned …
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‘Crossing the Rubicon’ is the curious phrase adopted by many vaccine passport opponents. It means making a decision that has irreversible consequences. And that’s how some see governments’ decisions to implement health passes or QR codes in relation to Covid-19 jabs. In France, President Emmanuel Macron has fully embraced the idea, with …
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Imagine if ALL your problems, all the worries that have ever niggled you in your whole life could just be washed away by replacing a single word with an ‘X’, just the one mind you: get rid of male/female, for example, and the world is a perfect place. This seems …
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At least 22,500 football fans are hoping to attend England’s group stage matches this month against Croatia, Scotland and the Czech Republic, with those allowed in filling up to 25 percent of the national stadium capacity. Supporters attending the Three Lions’ initial matches and potential knockout fixtures in the postponed competition must show on a National …
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India’s national carrier and largest international airline informed the public of the breach on Friday. “This incident affected around 4,500,000 data subjects in the world,” the company said in a statement. The airline explained that hackers have gained access to personal information that was registered between August 26, 2011 and …
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The new law, which will take effect on July 1, follows through on an emergency order that DeSantis signed in April to ban so-called vaccine passports. At the time, he urged the Florida Legislature to make it tougher for a future administration to overturn the ban by passing a bill …
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The UK government is facing mounting opposition from backbench MPs and members of the Labour Party over plans to use Covid vaccine passports to fully reopen the country’s economy. On Monday, Boris Johnson refused to deny reports that the measure was set to be introduced and, a day later, Vaccine …
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On Wednesday, the European Commission formally presented its plan for a pass that would be common to all member states and allow for a gradual resumption of the ability to travel freely across the bloc. Since such an initiative was first floated, it was widely dubbed the ‘vaccination passport’ in …
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The first traveler to use the IATA’s purpose-built Travel Pass digital health certificate successfully landed at London’s Heathrow Airport on Wednesday on a flight from Singapore, the airline industry body announced in a press release, gushing that the technology would “securely, conveniently and efficiently help travelers and governments” to keep …
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The “Excelsior Pass” was tested for a second time at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday during a New York Rangers game, functioning like a mobile boarding pass that conveys attendees’ vaccine and testing status. While it made its debut at the Barclays Center late last month, Governor Andrew Cuomo unveiled …
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