EU infrastructure for COVID certificate ready from June, von der Leyen says


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  • Tuesday, 25 May 2021

President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a news conference at the EU summit at the European Council building in Brussels on May 24, 2021. John Thys/Pool via REUTERS

(Reuters) - The infrastructure for a digital vaccination certificate, intended to make traveling in the European Union easier, will be ready at EU level from June 1, according to the bloc's executive Commission.

Member states then would be able to connect to the system from mid-June, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said after a meeting of the leaders of the 27 nation bloc in Brussels on Tuesday.

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