With coronavirus vaccination efforts mounting in many parts of the world, some travellers may be looking forward to their inoculation in hopes of travelling again. And while there are growing arguments against vaccine passports, some nations have begun allowing vaccinated travellers to bypass the usual entry requirements, like a 14-day quarantine. European nations and remote tropical islands are among the destinations welcoming vaccinated travellers even though health experts remain uncertain about coronavirus vaccines ability to prevent transmission of the virus. Most vaccines have not proven that they decrease transmission, so the patient may still get mild or asymptomatic versions of the disease and they may then be able to transmit it, said Carlos Acuna-Villaorduna, an infectious-disease physician at Boston Medical Center, US. We don t know yet, but there are groups studying that.
With coronavirus vaccination efforts mounting in many parts of the world, some travellers may be looking forward to their inoculation in hopes of traveling again.
And while there are growing arguments against vaccine passports, some nations have begun allowing vaccinated travellers to bypass the usual entry requirements, like a 14-day quarantine.
European nations and remote tropical islands are among the destinations welcoming vaccinated travellers, even though health experts remain uncertain about coronavirus vaccines ability to prevent transmission of the virus.
Most vaccines have not proven that they decrease transmission, so the patient may still get mild or asymptomatic versions of the disease and they may then be able to transmit it, said Carlos Acuna-Villaorduna, an infectious-disease physician at Boston Medical Center. We don t know yet, but there are groups studying that.