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Updated March 9th, 2021 at 18:46 IST

WHO voices concern over 'vaccine passports'

A senior World Health Organization official said on Monday that so-called "vaccine passports" for international travel during the COVID-19 pandemic has ethical considerations due to inequality.

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A senior World Health Organization official said on Monday that so-called "vaccine passports" for international travel during the COVID-19 pandemic has ethical considerations due to inequality.

Speaking a news conference in Geneva WHO emergencies chief Dr. Michael Ryan said there are "real practical and ethical considerations" for countries considering using vaccine certification as a condition for travel, adding the UN health agency advises against it for now.

"Vaccination is just not available enough around the world and is not available certainly on an equitable basis," Ryan said.

WHO has previously noted that it's still unknown how long immunity lasts from the numerous licensed COVID-19 vaccines and that data are still being collected.

Ryan also noted the strategy might be unfair to people who cannot be vaccinated for certain reasons and that requiring vaccine passports might allow "inequity and unfairness (to) be further branded into the system."

 

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Published March 9th, 2021 at 18:46 IST

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