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Harry Styles, Amway Center, AdventHealth part of vaccine passport probes in Florida
Florida has issued its first fine to a county it says violated a new state law banning coronavirus vaccine mandates and for firing fired 14 workers who failed to get the shots.
100+ Florida entities under review for โvaccination passportโ violations
More than 100 Florida entities, including businesses, municipalities and event venues, are under review with the Department of Health. Even Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings is on the list.
Norwegian cruises can require proof of vaccination as judge rules against Florida
A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Florida law that prevents cruise lines from requiring passengers to prove they're vaccinated.
Florida, cruise line fight over site of โvaccine passportโ challenge
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings and the state of Florida are battling about which court should hear a challenge to the stateโs ban on so-called โvaccine passports."
Africa CDC says vaccine passports โinappropriateโ for now
The head of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday described COVID-19 vaccine passports as โinappropriateโ while poor countries lag behind others in acquiring shots.
โCompletely unacceptable:โ Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to forbid โvaccine passportsโ
Airlines and others in the travel industry are throwing their support behind vaccine passports to boost pandemic-depressed travel, and authorities in Europe could embrace the idea quickly enough for the peak summer vacation season. Ron DeSantis said Monday that he would issue an executive order forbidding local governments and businesses from requiring so-called โvaccine passportsโ to show proof that customers have been inoculated against the coronavirus. The requirement will be lowered again on April 5 to include anyone age 18 and over, DeSantis announced last week. As of Sunday, the state of Florida reported that 2,044,005 coronavirus cases and 33,819 deaths. DeSantis said allowing governments and businesses to require proof of vaccinations would be โan unprecedented expansionโ of public and private power.
โVaccine passport:โ Biden administration working to develop system
WASHINGTON โ The Biden administration is working on a system for people to prove theyโve been vaccinated against the coronavirus. The so-called โvax pass,โ or vaccine passport could be used by individuals in the workplace, in school or while traveling internationally. AdPresident Joe Biden has predicted that life in the U.S. could be back to normal by Christmas as the country works to increase vaccinations. The vaccine credentials could play a role in multiple aspects of daily life as the United States tries to push past the pandemic. The travel industry, in particular, has been calling on the federal government to develop a kind of universal โvax passโ system.