Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz announced plans to introduce a national green certificate in an attempt to revitalise the economy, despite the European Commission announcing the introduction of the digital green certificates by summer.
“We can’t wait for the EU”, Kurz said, citing potential harm to the tourist sector as one of the main reasons for the deviation from the EU timetable.
Austria has already entered into bilateral talks with its neighbour Slovakia to discuss the possibility of introducing a common green certificate scheme. While both countries support the EU initiative, they want to reach a bilateral deal should the EU’s fail to pick up pace.
Progress on national vaccination campaigns
The leaders exchanged views on the epidemiological situation in their countries, on the progress of national vaccination campaigns and on the development of the Digital Green Certificate, which will facilitate cross-border movements at European level.
The Prime Minister analyzed the moves made by Greece in the context of the controlled and gradual restart of the economy and social activities, such as the opening of retail stores with click away and click-in-shop methods, the reopening of food service in open spaces and the successful utilization of self-tests, which has further strengthened Greece’s ability to detect cases in a timely manner.
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111,535 deaths, according to the national coronavirus information center. Russia’s total excess fatality count since the start of the coronavirus pandemic is above 460,000.
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Russia on Tuesday confirmed 7,770 new coronavirus cases and 337 deaths.
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