France has launched a COVID health pass to allow travel to and from its overseas territories, and eventually to other EU countries. It will allow vaccinated citizens, those who test negative or those who have recovered from COVID-19 to travel.
The pass, which is similar to the vaccine passports discussed by many countries, is part of the new “booklet” functionality on the country’s COVID app, TousAntiCOVID. Within the “booklet” people can store vaccination certificates, test results, or record recovery from COVID-19.
Cédric O, France’s Secretary of State for Digital, told reporters that, “France is the first country [in the EU] to make this functionality available to its citizens.”
