European Commission walks back Apple vaccine passports comment
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Ursula von der Leyen had previously told reporters it was important to have a European solution... What you need to know The European Commission has backed off claims that Apple and Google were offering vaccine passport solutions to the WHO. Ursula von der Leyen had previously told reporters the two were `already offering solutions to the WHO`. The European Commission is backing off claims Apple and Google were offering the World Health Organization solutions regarding certificates that could revive travel post-pandemic, more commonly known as `vaccine passports.` From Bloomberg: The European Commission is backing away from claims that Apple Inc. is talking to the World Health Organization about developing vaccine passports, an argument that its president, Ursula von der Leyen, had used to encourage governments to take matters into their own hands. After a five-hour video call with the European Union`s 27 leaders on Thursday, von der Leyen told reporters that it was `imp...