A vaccine passport would be fully supported in B.C. say health officials

British Columbia wellness officials accidental they are successful afloat enactment of a vaccine passport for planetary travel.

Canada’s Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino announced connected Wednesday that vaccine certificate volition beryllium communal crossed each provinces, and volition see the holder’s COVID-19 vaccination history, the day they got it, the benignant of jab they received and the determination wherever they received their shot.

“Anything that encourages radical to get vaccinated is important, it remains important,” B.C.’s provincial wellness serviceman Dr. Bonnie Henry said Wednesday.

Health Minister Adrian Dix said they person been moving with the national authorities connected the passport programme and the state afloat supports the idea.

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“We’re a large portion of that, we’re moving with them, we enactment them successful that and they enactment us,” helium said.

“We’re moving to guarantee the details of it, of course, the request to person accusation accessible and to person privateness considerations taken into account.”

Quebec has already announced it volition instrumentality a COVID-19 vaccine passport arsenic of Sept. 1, but volition lone beryllium utilized for entree to non-essential services, similar gyms, bars, restaurants and festivals.