Category: COVID passes

15-minute Cities Are ‘Complete Impoverishment and Enslavement of All the People’

Christine Anderson, a member of the European Parliament, believes that COVID passports and QR codes that became widespread during the pandemic were only test runs for implementing “15-minute cities” aimed at tightening government control over people. A 15-minute city is a neighborhood where a resident can reach everything they need, like a grocery store, doctor,…


15-minute Cities Are ‘Complete Impoverishment and Enslavement of All the People’: EU Official

Christine Anderson, a member of the European Parliament, believes that COVID passports and QR codes that became widespread during the pandemic were only test runs for implementing “15-minute cities” aimed at tightening government control over people. A 15-minute city is a neighborhood where a resident can reach everything they need, like a grocery store, doctor,…


15-minute Cities Are ‘Complete Impoverishment and Enslavement of All the People’: EU Lawmaker

Christine Anderson, a member of the European Parliament, believes that COVID passports and QR codes that became widespread during the pandemic were only test runs for implementing “15-minute cities” aimed at tightening government control over people. A 15-minute city is a neighborhood where a resident can reach everything they need, like a grocery store, doctor,…


Wales Scraps COVID-19 Vaccine Passports at Indoor and Outdoor Venues

The Welsh government has scrapped the requirement for COVID-19 vaccine passports as a condition of entry for both indoor and outdoor events. The region’s Labour government introduced compulsory COVID passes in October 2021, requiring venues such as sports grounds, nightclubs, cinemas, theatres, and concert halls to check customers’ vaccination status. On Feb. 17, Dawn Bowden,…


Free From Mask Mandate and Vaccine Passport, England Begins Living With COVID-19

Following a dramatic but brief panic over the Omicron variant of the CCP virus that triggered compulsory mask-wearing and COVID passport, England has started living with COVID-19, this time without a contingency menu of restrictions. From Jan. 27, masks are no longer legally required anywhere in England, and nightclubs and large events are no longer…


UK Government Urged to End COVID Passes, Vaccine Mandates

The UK government has been urged to scrap its measures against COVID-19 including vaccine mandates for frontline health care workers and COVID Passes for nightclubs and large events. Campaigners delivered two petitions with a total of around 360,000 signatures to Number 10 on Monday afternoon—a “Together” Declaration opposing vaccine passports and any similar form of medical certification,…


Welsh Government to Phase Out CCP Virus Restrictions

The Welsh government will start phasing out the additional CCP virus restrictions that were brought in after Christmas, First Minister Mark Drakeford said on Friday. The removal of rules will start on Jan. 15, and if “conditions allow,” Wales will return to alert level zero on Jan. 28. Drakeford said the decision came as the latest data suggests…


COVID Passes for Events in England, as Johnson Brings in ‘Plan B’ Over Omicron Fears

NHS COVID Passes will be obligatory for large-scale events and nightclubs in England, as part of new rules aimed at slowing the spread of the Omicron COVID-19 variant, British Prime Minister Johnson has announced. The new restrictions—part of “Plan B” which the government has kept in its back pocket since early autumn—include a return to guidance…


Wales to Expand Use of COVID Pass in 2 Weeks

COVID passes will become compulsory in Welsh theatres, cinemas, and concert halls in two weeks, First Minister Mark Drakeford said on Friday. Self-isolation rules are also changed on Friday, to include vaccinated adults and children. Drakeford said the government may also reintroduce more legal restrictions, as well as further expand the use of COVID passes in…


We’re Not Virus Police, French Cafes Say of New COVID Pass

PARIS—French restaurant owners and workers are as worried as anyone about the coronavirus—but they’re also concerned that new mandatory COVID passes will turn them into virus police instead of purveyors of culinary pleasures. Starting next month, all diners in France must show a pass proving they’re fully vaccinated, or recently tested negative or recovered from…