Geneva: A senior World Health Organization official said the so-called “vaccine passports” for COVID-19 should not be used for international travel due to numerous concerns, including ethical considerations that coronavirus vaccines are not easy. available globally.
In a press briefing on Monday, WHO’s head of emergency situations, Dr Michael Ryan, said there were “real practical and ethical considerations” for countries considering using vaccine certification as a condition for travel, adding that the agency The UN recommends this for the time being.
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“Vaccination is not sufficiently available worldwide and is certainly not available on an equitable basis,” Ryan said. still being collected.
Ryan also noted that the strategy could be unfair to people who cannot be vaccinated for certain reasons and that applying for vaccine passports could allow “inequity and injustice (to) continue to be marked in the system”.
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