June 21, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — The top public health official for the Canadian province of British Columbia confirmed that her government is working “in concert” with federal authorities for the creation of a “vaccine passport” to be used for international travel.
“The short answer is yes, so we provide aggregate information. But in terms of a vaccine passport, that is something Canada is working on in concert with all of us,” British Columbia Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry told reporters last Thursday.
“So, yes, we are working with the federal government about how they can develop a Canadian passport that is recognized internationally, that links in a confidential way to the information that we have in the same way that you would have your passport.”
Henry said that it is “most important” one’s personal health information is protected, adding the province already has an “immunization registry where everybody’s doses … are in there.”
“We need to be able to access that in a safe way for to allow people … to have a vaccine passport if it’s needed. And what our expectation is, is that we’ll have that in place for international travel,” said Henry.
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