UK casinos like the Hippodrome in London\u2019s Leicester Square have been signatories to the \u201cOpen for All\u201d charter. While praising the benefits of the vaccine rollout, the signatories oppose entrants to their venues having to show proof of medical records or health status. They assert they have no political ax to grind.<\/p>\n
There are many practical and logistical issues for us, alongside civil liberty and discrimination considerations more broadly for society, if venues or events insist on seeing any kind of health-related documents,\u201d<\/strong> reads the charter.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nSeveral European countries, such as France, Italy, and Germany, have already introduced vaccine passports or proof of a negative test as a requirement to get into certain venues, such as bars and nightclubs, although the rules vary from state to state.<\/p>\n
In the US, cities including New York, San Francisco, and New Orleans have introduced vaccine requirements to enter places like indoor restaurants or theaters. But US health officials have said that it is not the role of the federal government to mandate vaccine passports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Casinos in England breathed a collective sigh of relief, as the government ditched a plan to introduce mandatory vaccine passports for those entering crowded leisure venues — for now. UK Health Minister Sajid Javid said the government could revisit the idea if COVID-19 cases rise exponentially in the late fall or winter months. The U-turn […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":185775,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
No Vaccine Passports for Casinos in England, Says UK Health Minister<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n