European Parliament approves launch of digital COVID certificates
On June 9, the European Parliament approved the introduction of a digital COVID certificate in the EU.
According to Radio Radicale, the European Parliament has approved the introduction of a digital COVID certificate. It will operate in the EU from 1 July.
Three types of data will be included in the document: vaccination, a negative test for coronavirus infection, recovery from COVID-19 disease.
This will be a free certificate for all EU citizens, they will be able to get it in digital or paper form.
On June 1, this system was launched by Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Croatia, Poland.
All member states should be ready during June to be able to issue certificates by the time the European regulation comes into force on 1 July. The Commission has allocated EUR 1 million to each Member State and continues to provide technical assistance.
Source: tourism.interfax