Posted on 06/08/2021 12:24:05 AM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
The regional government of the Andalusia region, the Junta de Andalucía, has announced that it will begin to issue the European green vaccination certificate, or ‘COVID Passport’ from this Monday (June 7) onwards.
The president of the Junta de Andalucía, Juanma Moreno, made the announcement during the presentation of what will be the new hospital in Seville, a project into which the regional government has invested 11.5 million euros.
"Andalusians will be the 1st Europeans to have a vaccination certificate with European validation," said Moreno, indicating that the first to receive the certificates will be those aged over 65 who are now fully immunized, having been given two doses of Pfizer or Moderna.
The passport will be available from next week onwards for the remainder of the population who are fully immunized and can be accessed via the application of the regional health service and the health service webpage.
The Junta is also preparing two other cards; one for those who have officially recovered from coronavirus, which have a validity of six months from the date on which they were officially given the all-clear and another for a person who has given a negative PCR or antigen test which will be available for a period of one to three days in order to permit participation in a specific activity or to pass through international passport control.
The president explained that Andalusia is participating in the first European Commission pilot trial for the issuing of certificates, so residents of the region will be the first in Europe to be issued with the Covid passports.
The scheme will be expanded "progressively" during the next few weeks, and be available throughout the EU from July 1, the aim being to facilitate movement throughout the EU, although member states retain the right to impose additional entry requirements such as PCR tests or quarantines or restrict entry should they choose to do so.
Juanma Moreno also announced that half of all Andalusian residents will have been given at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine by the end of this week and this week the region will pass the “two million immunized” marker.
As of Monday, 1,931,285 people are fully vaccinated in the region and 1,508,298 Andalusians have received one dose of the vaccine.
As for the passports, if people decide that traveling is no longer worth the aggravation that will be an economic disaster for Europe in general and Spain in particular. That would be the quickest way to do away with this nonsense but only time will tell.
Debaser
Un Chien Andalou - if you aren’t vaccinated, they will cut up your eyeballs?
I would offer this observation....somewhere in the fall of 2021...various ‘Doctor Dooms’ in Europe will suggest that the booster shot program needs to start up (probably by December). At this point, people will begin to ask more questions and it’s suggested you need to do this every nine to twelve months...the trend to do boosters will start to drop. Wouldn’t shock me if 50-percent of the vaccinated folks just say no and stop right there.
So the question comes up....what good is this Covid-passport deal? Do you rationalize that just getting ‘jabbed’ with shot one and two gets you marginal protection? If you skip the booster and go 24 months...do you get a totally new Covid-passport?
I do agree...lot of folks are looking at travel beyond their border for remainder of 2021 and 2022....as being just a fantasy. I think a lot of Europeans will do camping trips within their country, or just stay within the country itself.
Nice way to keep out the invading hordes of muzzies and travelers with money, oh muzzies are exempt
If you live in Andalucia you can go anywhere in the region without a vaccine passport, which does encourage staycations since the region has so many different interesting cities and every terrain from seashore to mountains. That's the good part.
The bad part is that most of the tourists, especially the ones who want to spend a lot of money, come from outside of the region. This isn't going to help bring them back.
Luckily for Andalucia I happen to be on the train (AVE) to Sevilla this very moment!
The biggest problem right now is that British tourists and residents (the million or so that own homes in Spain) will be dinged with mandatory and expensive quarantines on their return to the UK. So they cant come because its so hard to go home.
Lucky you. We love Seville, lots of fun things to do there. If you fancy a scavenger type hunt there are orders of Nuns scattered throughout the old town that make their own desserts and pastries to sell. Very mysterious and old school, usually with a list of what's offered and a wooden lazy-Susan type door. You tell them what you want, put your money in the lazy Susan, like magic it swings around and out pops your package. You can also find shops that do all of the work for you and sell the desserts for about 20-25% more than the Nuns do.
The tomb of Christopher Columbus is also there in the Cathedral. The Spanish haven't cancelled him yet like the Americans are trying to do. There is also one of the oldest Tapas bars in Spain. Have yourself a great time.
Ave train, high speed rail in Spain, HD [4 minute video]
{As America turns into the 3rd world, we are being left in the dust.}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JOfPWAYsUI
They must expect the chinese virus to be a permanent thing. There is no reason to spend all that money on this “passport” if the virus has been conquered. I think the “passport” is a permanent way of monitoring and controlling the folks.
We are visiting family as it happens.
Yes, the Spanish would have had that San Francisco-LA high speed train built 20 years ago. Its the same distance and sort of route as Madrid-Barcelona or Madrid-Sevilla.
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