Tue Sep 7, 2021 – 9:32 am EDT
LONDON, United Kingdom (LifeSiteNews) – The British Minister for Covid Vaccine Deployment has announced that vaccine passports will be required to enter “large venues” from October.
Nadhim Zahawi, MP for Stratford-on-Avon, also gave contradicting statements on parental consent for the vaccination of 12 – 15-year-olds.
Speaking with Sky News host Trevor Philips on Sunday, Zahawi announced that COVID passports will be required to access “large venues” as early as October. Zahawi said that the passports are being introduced in order to “make sure the whole economy remains open.”
“We are looking at, by the end of September, when everyone has had the opportunity to be fully vaccinated for the large venues, venues that could end up causing a real spike in infections, where we need to use the certification process,” he told Sky News.
The British vaccine minister did not specify what he meant by the term “large venues.”
Zahawi claimed that the measure is justified by the need to protect the economy and to prevent the closure of many businesses throughout the winter due to possible “spikes” in COVID cases.
He added: “The worst thing [to] do for those
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