US Government against COVID-19 vaccination passports

The White House has ruled out introducing mandatory federal Covid-19 vaccination passports, saying citizens' privacy and rights should be protected.

Schemes to introduce such passports have been touted around the world as a way to enable safe circulation of people while fighting the pandemic, but critics say such documents could be discriminatory.

The Biden administration has now declared that it does not and will not support a system that requires Americans to carry a credential.

The country has reported more than 550,000 deaths linked to the coronavirus and nearly 31 million cases.

According to Johns Hopkins University, those numbers are the highest in the world.