EU wants to harmonize validity period of vaccination certificate

FILE PHOTO: The 'Covid Certificate' application of Switzerland for "COVID-19 certificates" for people who have been vaccinated, tested negative or recovered from an infection, is seen in this illustration picture taken June 8, 2021. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/Illustration

(Reuters) - The European Commission aims to harmonize the duration of the validity of the COVID-19 vaccination certificate, including the effects of booster shots, Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides said on Monday, amid record infection numbers in some EU states.

"I fully agree with the urgency, and this is why the European Commission is working with the utmost urgency to strengthen the coordination of free movement, including the length of validity and the role of boosters in the vaccination campaign," she told European lawmakers in Strasbourg.