Febuary 26, 2021

Chinese health experts believe the EU's plan of digital vaccine travel certificates or "vaccine passports" was more political for economic recovery but not feasible scientifically at a time when emerging new variants of coronavirus raise doubts on the efficacy of vaccines, warning that the reckless move may trigger a new wave of pandemic in Europe. 

However, experts gave credit for the idea in the long run, and said a globally recognized vaccine certificate should be established under the framework of the World Health Organization and could be introduced for international events such as the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022. 

EU leaders are discussing the vaccine passports issue via a virtual meeting on Thursday and Friday to decide whether EU-wide travel would be allowed this summer, and have not come up with a unified plan, as the leaders of the 27 countries were divided on the issue. 

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