EU’s Digital COVID Certificate Excludes China-Made Vaccines; Beijing to Retaliate Against France

EU’s Digital COVID Certificate Excludes China-Made Vaccines; Beijing to Retaliate Against France
Vials with Pfizer-BioNTech, AstraZeneca, and Moderna COVID-19 vaccine labels stand in front of a European Union flag on March 19, 2021. Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Reuters
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When the European Union starts its “EU Digital COVID Certificate” program on July 1, the Chinese regime’s embassy in France says it will retaliate against the bloc’s decision to exclude Chinese-made vaccines from the system by implementing tighter regulations on French travelers seeking to enter China.

All EU member countries, as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland, are included in the program, which will streamline information about the COVID-19 health status of travelers, such as test results, recovery status, or vaccination status, to help them move more efficiently around the bloc’s member countries, which have differing entry requirements.

Alex Wu
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Alex Wu is a U.S.-based writer for The Epoch Times focusing on Chinese society, Chinese culture, human rights, and international relations.
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