The UK’s Transport Secretary has confirmed that the government “will introduce” a form of travel certification.
Grant Shapps announced that the Global Travel Taskforce was looking at both IATA’s Travel Pass and the World Economic Forum’s Common Pass. He also confirmed the Global Travel Taskforce’s report will be made public on April 12.
Boris Johnson had previously promised that the Taskforce would report on April 12 when he laid out his roadmap out of lockdown, however he did not specify whether this was to him or whether details would be released to businesses and the public on the same day.
Mr. Shapps clarified the point: “April 12 is the date that we will report back, and make that public as well on the same day.”
Mr. Shapps also said that the ‘mark two’ of the Global Travel Taskforce “will introduce travel certification by using things like IATA’s Travel Pass, or indeed the World Economic Forum’s Common Pass in order to do that.”
He added that he had been having conversations with the US government “and many others around the world, in order to get that travel going again”.
