More than 70 MPs have come together in a cross-party call to warn against the introduction of vaccine passports in England.
The cross-party group, including at least 40 Conservative MPs, have said they fear the use of vaccine passports would be “divisive and discriminatory”.
Vaccine passports have been touted as a way to enable international travel and to potentially open up the UK economy by allowing people to prove they have had their coronavirus jab or are unlikely to have Covid-19.
MPs’ opposition comes as a report in The Telegraph suggested that the government plans to run a series of pilot tests for the use of Covid passports within weeks.
It also comes after Boris Johnson said the certificates would “definitely” play a role in at least opening up international travel.
Meanwhile, THE Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency revealed on Thursday that it has identified 30 cases of rare blood clots in patients who had recently received the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine.
The number represents 25 more cases than the agency had previously reported.
