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Consider the following statements regarding Vaccine Passports: 1. A vaccine passport is a physical certificate that stores and records jabs and Covid-19 test status. 2. It can be kept in a smartphone app or in other digital formats. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements regarding Vaccine Passports: 1. A vaccine passport is a physical certificate that stores and records jabs and Covid-19 test status. 2. It can be kept in a smartphone app or in other digital formats. Which of the statements given above is/are correct? Correct Answer 2 only

The correct answer is 2 only.

In News -

  • Governments around the world are exploring the potential use of vaccine passports as a way of reopening the economy by identifying those protected against the coronavirus.

Important Points

  • About Vaccine Passports:
    • A vaccine passport is an e-certificate that stores and records jabs and Covid-19 test status.
      • ​Hence statement 1 is incorrect.
    • It can be kept in a smartphone app or in other digital formats.
      • ​Hence statement 2 is correct.
    • Its contents can be flashed at security checkpoints when people travel across borders.
    • The idea is modelled on the proof of vaccination that several countries required even before the pandemic.
    • Travellers from many African countries to the USA or India are required to submit proof that they have been vaccinated against diseases such as yellow fever.

Additional Information

  • Potential Beneficiary of the Vaccine Passports:
    • The primary benefit will be to the tourism and the hospitality industries, which are both seen as being at the heart of the Covid-19 spread and are the worst hit by the pandemic.
    • International air travel, which suffered massively because of the outbreak.

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