Boris Johnson has scrapped his plan to only allow those with a coronavirus vaccine passport to visit pubs and restaurants. But ministers have warned vaccine certificates designed to help Britons get back to normalcy will not be ready until Autumn. Entry to festivals and major sporting events will only be allowed to those with either … Read more
PAUL THOMAS on… vaccine passports By Paul Thomas For The Daily Mail Published: 13:49 BST, 3 April 2021 | Updated: 13:56 BST, 3 April 2021 Advertisement ‘Hang on – THIS wasn’t on Boris’s road map’. To order a print of this Paul Thomas cartoon or one by Pugh, visit Mailpictures.newsprints.co.uk or call 0191 6030 178 Share … Read more
What price a pint of beer in Covid Britain? If government plans for ‘vaccination passports’ go ahead, requiring us to confirm our health status before being allowed into pubs and other venues, the cost in terms of our civil liberties and privacy could prove unpalatably high even for us beer-loving Brits. After enduring draconian lockdown … Read more
Football and rugby fans could watch sport at full stadiums next season using a £20 antibody test they obtain from a local pharmacy that will prove they have immunity to Covid. A consortium of UK companies, which have developed and manufacture the test, are already in talks with football and rugby organisations about using it … Read more
Football and rugby fans could watch sport at full stadiums next season using a £20 antibody test they obtain from a local pharmacy that will prove they have immunity to Covid. A consortium of UK companies, which have developed and manufacture the test, are already in talks with football and rugby organisations about using it … Read more
Premier League and EFL want vaccine passports to get fans back into stadiums next season as both bodies throw support behind scheme The Premier League and EFL want vaccine passports introduced for next season Both bodies support the scheme that would help with the return of supporters Plans will be in place for fans who … Read more
FORTY rebel Tories including six ex-Cabinet ministers join forces with opposition MPs in bid to block ‘divisive and discriminatory’ vaccine passports Unlikely alliance condemned vaccine passports as ‘divisive and discriminatory’ Members of coalition were organised by the pressure group Big Brother Watch Signed a pledge to oppose the idea if it is brought forward by … Read more
Boris Johnson today said there is ‘definitely going to be a world in which international travel will use vaccine passports’ as he faces a Labour and Tory revolt over them potentially being used domestically. The Prime Minister made clear during a visit to Middlesbrough he believes being able to prove someone has had a coronavirus … Read more
Hospitals, GP surgeries and supermarkets could be excluded from any Covid vaccine passport scheme, according to reports, as Boris Johnson prepares to announce more details of on Monday. Ministers could create a list of ‘essential’ public buildings which could be banned from excluding members of the public who have not had a jab, according to … Read more
Sir Keir Starmer said demanding vaccine passports for entering pubs or sporting events would go against the ‘British instinct’. The Labour leader indicated that there could be public opposition to the scheme if death rates are near zero and hospital admissions are very low. Boris Johnson last week suggested pubs and other venues could require customers … Read more