So, labs are going to share your information through yet another registry.
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The International Air Transport Association (IATA), a trade group of the world’s airlines, said this week that its new IATA Travel Pass is in the final stage of development. “IATA Travel Pass will manage and verify the secure flow of necessary testing or vaccine information among governments, airlines, laboratories and travelers,” the organization said.
The Travel Pass includes four “interoperable modules” that can be combined to provide information and solutions for all aspects of international travel in the age of COVID, IATA said, including a global registry of government health requirements for travelers; a similar registry of testing and vaccination centers; an app that lets testing centers and labs securely share test results and vaccinations records with passengers; and a contactless travel app that lets users store their test and vaccination certificates, sharing them as required with airlines and government officials.
IATA said it expects to start pilot-testing its Travel Pass for transborder trips later this year with International Airlines Group (parent of British Airways, Iberia and others) and to launch it formally in the first quarter of 2021 for Apple devices and in April for Android. For more details on how it will work, click here.
We’ve already seen some individual airline efforts to incorporate COVID testing into their requirements for international travelers. A United flight last week from Newark to London was the airline’s first that required all travelers to test negative for the coronavirus. That was achieved by subjecting all passengers to rapid testing at the airport (at no charge) before boarding the aircraft.
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