Vaccine Passport will be issued for international travel in Japan. It will be released to those who have been vaccinated.
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In Japan, people who have been given Coronavirus Vaccine will be issued a digital health certificate. In a way, it will be like Digital Vaccine Passport, which will be given to Japanese citizens traveling abroad. In this way Japan will join the category of China, European Union and some other countries of the world, who are adopting such measures for traveling abroad. This information has been given in Japanese media reports.
Apart from international standards, this certificate can also be managed through the mobile app. In this way, a person traveling abroad will be able to show this as proof of vaccination before boarding a plane or staying in a hotel. Japan’s vaccination minister incharge Taro Kono said that if this becomes an international requirement, then Japan should also think in the direction of Vaccine Passport. China and the European Union have already issued vaccine passports for their people.
Vaccine passport discussion started after passenger’s infection
Earlier this month, health officials in Japan became very cautious at the end of February due to new variants of the Coronavirus found in the country. According to the Japanese Ministry of Health, this deadly mutation of the virus was found in a passenger who arrived at Tokyo’s Narita Airport from the Philippines. The passenger was asymptomatic, but his report came back positive during his stay in Quarantine. After this, the government has started to be cautious about the new variants in the country. This is the reason why the government is now looking towards vaccine passports.
What is a vaccine passport?
This is a document which shows that a passenger has been vaccinated to fight coronavirus. Apart from this, the report has come negative in his recent testing related to Corona. This information will be stored in a phone or other mobile device. The passenger will be able to show this information to the airline employees and border officials and will be able to enter the country.
Where will the vaccine passport be most needed?
Vaccine passports will be most needed for international travel. Some countries already demand a certificate of vaccination against diseases like Yellow Fever. At the same time, it is now necessary to have a corona negative test to enter America.
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