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September 12, 2021

The British government of Boris Johnson rethinks it and renounces the idea of ​​introducing the anti Covid Green pass in England, the largest nation in the United Kingdom.

This was announced by the Minister of Health, Sajid Javid, according to whom it would be useless "to do something just to do it" and it no longer appears necessary to adopt this restrictive precaution in the context of the island, albeit in a much more limited form than the provisions commissioned by other countries, including Italy.

The measure, according to the anticipations, should have been approved by the end of September and impose the obligation of vaccination certification (or a negative test) to be able to access only nightclubs, discos or mass events in England (concerts, shows, sporting events ), as established since 1 October so far by Scotland alone among the 4 nations of the Kingdom. However, Javid has informed the BBC that the final decision of the central Tory government, responsible for the health emergency in England, is now not to proceed anymore.

"I am pleased to be able to say that we will not continue on this path", he cut short. The minister noted that elsewhere the Green pass (tending to be unpopular across the Channel, and no less unwelcome on the left than on the right of the political spectrum) was actually introduced to encourage people to get vaccinated. however, he argued, with over 81% of the entire over 16 population already immunized with 2 doses and 90% with one. so far it has reached "55-60%", admitted Javid, showing himself encouraged by the current trend even in this age group.

The Johnson government's counterorder has been criticized by opposers in the method, as a new "wave" on the management of the pandemic. But on the merits the disputes are few, limited to a part of experts, while the business applauds relieved. On the parliamentary front, moreover, Keir Starmer's Labor had campaigned for weeks against any broad-spectrum extension of the vaccine passport by the Conservative government; while the Liberal Democrats had always declared themselves opposed to certification: and now, if anything, they claim to have pushed the executive to retrace its steps.