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After months of costly shutdowns, closed borders and curtailed personal freedoms, the concept of vaccine passports is gaining traction with governments eager to plot their path through the next phase of the COVID-19 pandemic.
A number of countries, including Bahrain and China, have already rolled out their own forms of certification ostensibly intended to ease future international travel or revive activity in hard-hit sectors of economies, such as hospitality.
Several others are weighing whether to follow suit and embrace the idea of documentation for those who have been vaccinated against the novel coronavirus.
Sceptics, meanwhile, warn a slew of possible wide-ranging adverse effects still needs to be addressed.
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Israel is pushing stringent new measures to incentivise vaccination Feb 19, 2021, 08:22 PM
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A woman gets a COVID-19 vaccine at a bar in Tel Aviv, Israel, on February 18, 2021.
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Israel is offering benefits to its fully vaccinated citizens to try to incentivise inoculation.
From Sunday, those who can show a certificate of vaccination will be allowed to go to gyms, sports events, cultural events.
Officials have been explicit that people who avoid vaccines will be left behind.
Israel has been praised around the world for its rapid rollout of coronavirus vaccines, outstripping all other nations.
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