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Vaccine Passports: ‘Dangerous, discriminatory and counter-productive’
70 MPs warn against the measure as PM Boris Johnson announced that there will “definitely” be a role for Covid-19 passports for Britons travelling abroad
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by Bethany Rielly
INTRODUCING vaccine passports would be “dangerous, discriminatory and counterproductive,” Shami Chakarabarti has claimed as 70 MPs warn against the measure.
The former shadow attorney general said Covid-19 certificates could create a “checkpoint Britain” and an “authoritarian step too far.”
“It’s one thing to have a passport to travel internationally, that is a privilege, even a luxury, but participating in local community life is a fundamental right,” she told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.
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