Covid passport essential for businesses – Markey

Delays to the roll-out of a digital Covid certificate will be bad news for everybody.

So says Fine Gael MEP Colm Markey.  

Negotiators from the European Parliament and member states reached a deal yesterday on the so-called Covid passport after intense talks. The EU digital covid certificate would have information on a person’s vaccination state including test results and covid recovery status where applicable. In practice, these will be three distinct certs.

However, yesterday’s deal still has to be approved in a vote in the European Parliament. And it’s still unclear when Ireland will fully open up international travel to the country.

Here’s Colm Markey.

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