Newsinc24 Team 
The European Parliament and EU member states reached a key deal on Thursday paving the way for a Covid-19 certificate that will help open up travel in Europe for the key summer season. The deal will allow for anybody living in the EU’s 27 countries to be able to get a digital health pass to display their vaccination status, results of Covid-19 tests or whether they have recovered from the disease. “We have white smoke,” tweeted EU justice commissioner Didier Reynders after the end of a negotiating session between MEPs and diplomats from Portugal, which holds the EU’s rotating presidency.
White smoke: we have a deal on the Commission’s proposal on the EU Digital Covid Certificate.
— Didier Reynders (@dreynders) May 20, 2021
I welcome today’s provisional agreement reached by @Europarl_EN and @EUCouncil.
We delivered on this new tool in record time to safeguard #FreeMovement for all citizens.???????? pic.twitter.com/Fkgyohff2i
Meanwhile, Canada’s federal privacy commissioner along with his peers across all provinces have voiced concerns over the possible introduction of so-called “vaccine passports”, arguing that they may encroach upon civil liberties. Vaccine passports are travel passes that are being considered by several countries in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Covid-19 vaccines being deployed in Europe appear able to protect against all variants that are circulating and causing concern, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) regional director Hans Kluge has said.
