Airline Trade Group: COVID-19 Vaccines Should Not Be Mandated for International Travel

Airline Trade Group: COVID-19 Vaccines Should Not Be Mandated for International Travel
Officers of the German Federal Police check passengers arriving by plane from Prague at the Frankfurt Airport in Frankfurt, Germany, on Jan. 24, 2021. Boris Roessler/dpa via AP
Meiling Lee
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While airlines advocate for a digital health passport that can prove people’s vaccination or negative test status to open up international travel again, an international airline trade group is saying COVID-19 vaccines should not be mandated.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) says governments should not require a vaccine as proof for entry into a country as it could discriminate against people who are medically exempt or refuse to get inoculated.