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THE UK is developing a "vaccine passport" system as Greece prepares to let in tourists who have had the Covid jab.

Officials at the Foreign Office are working on plans to provide Brits who have been vaccinated with an official document so they can travel to countries which may demand proof of inoculation as a condition of entry, The Times reports.

Greek tourism chiefs reportedly said that UK tourists who have had the jab may be welcomed back as early as May.

It comes despite ministers repeatedly insisting that vaccine passports are not part of their plans.

Greece is reportedly confident that people who have received two doses of either the Pfizer or AstraZeneca vaccines will have enough immunity to visit.

Tourism makes up a fifth of the country's economy which has been battered by the deadly pandemic.

It's still unclear what kind of proof Brits will need to show when they arrive in Greece.

However, tourists will still need a negative Covid test taken less than 72 hours before they arrive in the country.

Minister James Cleverly confirmed the reports today, telling Good Morning Britain: "Every country sets its own rules about who it does or doesn’t allow into its country.

"Other countries around the world may decide that they accept people who have had proof of vaccinations and as British officials always do, we work with our international partners so that we can understand what their travel rules are…so that we can properly inform British travellers."

He added: “We wouldn’t be able to dictate to other countries, we wouldn’t be able to say to a British citizen, here is your record of vaccination, you can now go anywhere you like… that would have to be a decision made by the hosting countries."

And he refused to rule out whether travellers to the UK might need them in future too.

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TRIP AD-PFIZER Vaccine passports to allow Brits who have had Covid jab to go on summer holidays ‘planned by Government’
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/13955422/vaccine-passport-brit-holidays/

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