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Podcast: Beyond the Headlines
Episode: Are vaccine passports necessary or discriminatory?
Description: As coronavirus has spread across continents, our way of life has completely changed. Planes have ground to a halt, borders closed off and families separated. But now, as vaccination programmes surge ahead, the aviation industry is working with governments to try to secure safe and efficient ways to travel. A digital proof of one’s vaccination status, a vaccine passport, is being welcomed as the key to reigniting the travel sector - a way to ensure all those travelling can verify their Covid status and ensure a smooth process in airports around the world.
But there are many opp...