- Thousands of Britons will be offered vaccine passes in trial starting this month
- Passport will be issued as a free app which show if people have had Covid jab
- Government agency Innovate UK has pumped £75,000 into project so far
- Vaccines tsar Nadhim Zahawi has flip-flopped over controversial policy
The passport, created by biometrics firm iProov and cybersecurity firm Mvine, will be issued as a free app and will allow users to prove digitally if they have had their first or second jab – or no jab at all.
Though the Department of Health said there were ‘no plans’ to introduce vaccine passports, the Government’s own science and research funding agency Innovate UK has already pumped £75,000 into the project. Read More
