Iran reports 13,922 new infections to go past 1m cases in total; WHO investigating prospects e-vaccination certificates; Italy to limit travel outside of towns
- US logs a record 3,157 coronavirus deaths in one day
- Former French president Valéry Giscard d’Estaing dies aged 94
- Beware fake coronavirus vaccines, says Interpol
- UK coronavirus – latest updates
The World Health Organization does not recommend countries issuing “immunity passports” for those who have recovered from Covid-19, but is investigating the prospects of using e-vaccination certificates, a WHO medical expert said.
“We are looking very closely into the use of technology in this Covid-19 response, one of them is how we can work with member states toward an e-vaccination certificate,” he told a virtual briefing in Copenhagen.
England’s National Health Service (NHS) is looking at ways to deploy Pfizer/BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine in care homes with the medical regulator, but there is no guarantee it will happen, deputy chief medical officer Jonathan Van-Tam said.
Britain became the first country to approve the vaccine candidate developed by Germany’s BioNTech and Pfizer on Wednesday, jumping ahead of the rest of the world in the race to begin a crucial mass inoculation programme.
The NHS, the (medicine regulator) MHRA are working really hard, right now, to try and find a solution, so that we can get this into care homes if we possibly can.
At this point, there is no absolute assurance of that, because… one thing we can’t do is… end up with a vaccine that’s been handled incorrectly, and then isn’t properly viable at the end of the distribution chain.
Related: UK coronavirus live: Van-Tam says it is possible people may need regular vaccinations
＼ 最新情報をチェック ／
