Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday that the planned “digital green passes” would “facilitate Europeans‘ lives” as the continent battles Covid-19 .
Following a conference with German politicians, Ms Von der Leyen tweeted that a pass would prove someone had been inoculated – or give test result data if its owner had not had a jab – and provide information on coronavirus recovery.
The certificates would “respect data protection, security & privacy”, she claimed in the post.
Ms Von der Leyen added: “The aim is to gradually enable [people] to move safely in the European Union or abroad, for work or tourism.”
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28 February 2021
Supporters of Donald Trump stand in front of the Hyatt Regency Orlando where the annual Conservative Political Action Conference is being held in Florida
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27 February 2021
A pro-democracy protester is detained by riot police officers during a rally against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar
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26 February 2021
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25 February 2021
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24 February 2021
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23 February 2021
The moon is partially seen in the sky as lava flows from the Mount Etna volcano, near Catania in Sicily
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22 February 2021
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21 February 2021
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20 February 2021
A woman attends a rally after Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha and nine ministers survived no-confidence debates, outside the Parliament in Bangkok, Thailand
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19 February 2021
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18 February 2021
A man silhouetted against the setting sun as he teaches catching during a ball practice to young children near the Arabian Sea shore in Mumbai, India
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17 February 2021
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16 February 2021
Princess Latifa bint Mohammed Al Maktoum, the daughter of the ruler of Dubai says she is being held “hostage” in a villa in the middle eastern country, two years after her attempted escape from the wealthy emirate was foiled by her father
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15 February 2021
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14 February 2021
Russian women holding roses and signs form a human chain using Valentine’s Day to express support for the wife of jailed opposition leader Navalny and political prisoners, in Saint Petersburg
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13 February 2021
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12 February 2021
Huge coronavirus-shaped and submarine-shaped balloons float in the Yarkon River during a protest over the governments handling of the Covid-19 crisis and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s alleged corruption, in Tel Aviv
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11 February 2021
Protest against the dissolution of parliament in Kathmandu
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10 February 2021
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9 February 2021
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8 February 2021
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7 February 2021
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6 February 2021
A protester shouts slogans in front of a National League for Democracy (NLD) flag during a protest against the military coup, in Yangon, Myanmar
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5 February 2021
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4 February 2021
A folk artist performs a diabolo dragon dance, a traditional Chinese performance, in front of one of the buildings at the Qingshan Ancient Town in Qingzhou, in eastern China’s Shandong province
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3 February 2021
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2 February 2021
A mound of snow is seen outside Times Square in New York on February 2, 2021. – A huge snowstorm has brought chaos to the United States’ east coast, shuttering airports, closing schools and forcing the postponement of coronavirus vaccinations into Tuesday morning as New York City steeled itself for possibly one of its heaviest ever snowfalls. New York declared a state of emergency restricting non-essential travel, moved all children back to remote learning and rescheduled long-awaited vaccine shots as some parts of the city were hit by more than 18 inches (1.5 feet) of snow. CNN meteorologists said that figure could reach two feet before the storm comes to an end.
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1 February 2021
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31 January 2021
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30 January 2021
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29 January 2021
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28 January 2021
Lebanese anti-government protesters burn garbage as they go around the homes of deputies and government officials in the northern port city of Tripoli to protest the economic situation and their role in leading the country to crisis
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27 January 2021
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26 January 2021
A farmer holds a sword during a protest against farm laws introduced by the government, at the historic Red Fort in Delhi, India
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25 January 2021
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24 January 2021
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23 January 2021
Law enforcement officers detain a woman during a rally in support of jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Moscow, Russia
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22 January 2021
People line up to get their nucleic acid test following the outbreak of coronavirus in Beijing, China
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21 January 2021
Activists of the Nepalese Communist party and riot police scuffle during torch protest against the Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli in Kathmandu, Nepal. Hundreds of student activists of Nepal’s communist party staged the torch rally demonstration against the Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli government’s move of dissolving the House of Representatives
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20 January 2021
Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Jill Biden holds the Bible during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington
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19 January 2021
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18 January 2021
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17 December 2021
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16 January 2021
Thai police arrest an anti-government protester attending a rally at the Victory Monument in Bangkok, Thailand
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15 January 2021
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14 January 2021
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13 January 2021
Students wearing traditional Punjabi outfits perform a folk dance to celebrate Lohri, the spring festival, in Amritsar
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12 January 2021
Georgia’s Tato Grigalashvili (white) and Netherlands’ Frank De Wit fight during the men’s under 81kg category of the World Judo Masters in the Qatari capital Doha
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11 January 2021
A car submerged on a flooded street in the town of Fushe Kosove after heavy rain and snow showers in Kosovo
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10 January 2021
Indonesian Navy personnel carry debris believed to be from the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 plane, which crashed into the sea, off the Jakarta coast
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Emmanuel Macron, the French president, said it was important to unify standards. “None of us will accept that to attract tourists, one country would have looser rules than others and would be taking risks by making people come from the other side of the world to fill up its hotels,” he said.
The EU’s update on its plan came after Britain announced it had given out 20 million first doses of a coronavirus vaccine. Matt Hancock, the health secretary, hailed it as a “magnificent achievement”.
Employers could be blocked from imposing “no jab, no job” rules and businesses prevented from excluding customers based on their inoculation status, following a review led by Michael Gove.
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