WHO Panel Recommends Against Vaccine Passports

This illustration photo taken in Los Angeles on April 6, 2021 shows a person looking at the app for the New York State Excelsior Pass, which provides digital proof of a COVID-19 vaccination, in front of a screen showing the New York skyline. Chris Delmas/AFP via Getty Images

A World Health Organization (WHO) panel has recommended against requiring proof of vaccination against COVID-19 to travel to other countries.

In a statement Monday, the WHO’s Emergency Committee recommended to Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to avoid mandates for people to prove they are vaccinated before going into other countries.