Transport Online – De Jonge: corona pass will expire from February 1 without a booster
BRUSSELS – The EU seems to be aiming for a mandatory booster shot within nine months in order for the corona pass to be valid from 1 February. This gives the Netherlands and the other EU countries three weeks longer than originally intended, the time to offer as many people as possible a boost. The European Commission had proposed January 10.
Outgoing minister Hugo de Jonge, the EU health ministers have agreed in principle in Brussels and the decision on the days to be born has yet to be finalised. The digital corona certificate (dcc) is “a good way to keep the borders open”, he said. It is therefore important for the interests of boosters.
Some countries have threatened to close borders to EU citizens who have not had a booster within six months of their vaccination. What countries further take for corona measures themselves, they go overland themselves, there de Jonge.
proponent
According to De Jonge, “jointness” is the key word to get the corona situation in the EU under control again. The measures should not take measures on their own to make it more difficult to travel freely within the EU. “Out together, at home together,” he said. He is also in advance to oblige travelers, including vaccinated, who come to Europe from outside the EU to have a PCR test on arrival, he shielded his colleagues from.
According to De Jonge, he does not receive any criticism from the others on the booster campaign that has started slowly in the Netherlands. “We also accelerated,” he said. There are enough booster shots to give all Dutch people a repeat shot, according to the CDA minister.
Joint purchasing
The minister also said that he would use means to fight Covid-19, such as the drug. The EU must become less dependent on Asia on the United States and build up its own production capacity. Cooperation between European health services is also of great importance. “Public health is a national competence, but we found each other during the corona crisis.”
is also enthusiastic about HERA, a new European health service that plays a central role in cross-border threats to health.
In the EU Health Council attention is paid to the duration of DCCs. As far as NL is concerned, vaccination certificates are valid for at least 9 months in each country. Everyone in NL could have had the booster. Important date in the EU The same rules apply: out together, at home together. pic.twitter.com/cMyJqbeggP
— Hugo de Jonge (@hugodejonge) December 7, 2021