Tourism and migration after the pandemic coronavirus will never be the same. Travellers and foreign workers will have to prove not only their obedience to the law and the ability to pay, but …not contagious. Chickenpox or vaccinated – that they are the main qualities of the ideal tourist of the future. A welcome guest at the resort will soon become rather immune the holder of the passport and not the owner of the platinum Bank card with unlimited credit line. About the pros and cons of the possible appearance of a new document, we talked to the experts.
the introduction Of immune passports at the end of the pandemic COVID-19 reflect the power of different countries. China, the United States, and our country also have been discussing the creation of the base ill with novel coronavirus infection citizens. According to experts, from a technical point of view the complexities of this innovation is not.
– It is a matter of processing more data, no more, – the Director for development of the Moscow Internet company Dmitry Arkhipov. Figures for diseased and recovered from coronavirus is initially recorded in an electronic database. To issue a certificate to the citizen that he suffered an infection, is not difficult. The main problem, as usual, in the risk of data leakage. But I doubt that someone will be seriously wondering how and when you were sick.
a Single schema health check arriving in Europe yet, – said the Chairman of the Public Council of the Federal Agency for tourism Dmitry Davydenko. Until the development of the shared world rules every state will have open borders at your own risk.
the European Commission recommended the EU countries to open borders from the 15th of June, – said Davydenko. – Everyone will act differently. The Greeks will require a certificate of negative test for the coronavirus that made a maximum of 72 hours before the date of entry into the country. Some States are planning to take the tests from tourists. Common rules yet.
a Mandatory vaccination against coronavirus can also become the new norm. However, only after the drugs will be released on wide pharmaceutical market. We will remind, the Minister of health Mikhail Murashko announced the creation of a vaccine from COVID-19 in July of this year. Will Russian drugs listed abroad and the question. And, therefore, unknown whether done in the district hospital vaccination pass to foreign resorts. Although the experience of mandatory vaccination as a condition of entry into the country in the world is there.
– This experience is in African countries, – said the head of the visa centre Yury Pevzner. Before the trip to Tanzania must be vaccinated against yellow fever.
experts of the sphere of outbound tourism I believe that the cost of visas clearance of immune passport or proof of vaccination will not be reflected. Another thing is that every trip to a vacation or business trip can rise because of the need to confirm the condition.
Release the global “immune passportization” of tourists from the experts raised serious doubts. Here is projected a paradox: the most popular tourist destinations, fearing the outflow of travellers at the expense of national security interests can refuse to require tourists reference.
– to Impose such rules may in the first place US, – says Yuri Pevzner. – The reason for the behavior of Donald trump. He tries to limit migration flows. Requirement of vaccination against coronavirus or immune passports can be a method this limitation. His attitude to all entering are generally very difficult. But in the US, tourism is a very small component of the economy.
But Italy, Spain, Turkey literally have to pass between Scylla and Charybdis. For the most popular tourist destinations, experts predict a very difficult situation for the near future. On the one hand, immediately after the opening of borders, they face the risk of an avalanche of tourists and the second wave of coronavirus. With the other requirements of vaccination or immune passports can alienate travelers. In the first place, according to experts, may experience fundamental failures and boycotts on the part of young tourists who consider themselves out of risk zone for COVID-19. This situation will become an additional risk to the economy tourist countries.
Doctors generally believe that the immune passport is nothing new and even more repressive in itself does not carry. As told by the immunologist Vladimir Bolibok, our country has used such a scheme of foreign guests:
In 80-90 years from entering required certificates to AIDS. They were tested for antibodies to HIV. If the result was positive, the person deported. This work was established and the military and foreign trade. Foreign experts checked, nothing special it was not. I remember very well how he wrote out these forms in the laboratory. “Antibodies are not detected, a test system so-and-so”. I would not say that the immune passport should be seen as something extraordinary.
However, to idealize the immune passport of doctors is also not recommended. According to doctors, until the widespread introduction of such instruments in the world should be developed by a single standard blood tests of the patient. Moreover, you need to understand how long does the immunity after the previous infection.
– for Example, herpes, no antibody titers, even very large, does not protect against re-infection. Measles the reverse situation – even the smallest titer is guarantees. In the case of coronavirus until we have a little d��electronically, it takes time, – said Vladimir Bolibok.
Finally, the biggest problem doctors see the risk of immune fake passports. If the document will be a plain paper inevitably will trade passports. The only chance to avoid fraud is to translate the immune passport in electronic form. But for this it is necessary that medical records of all patients across the country have switched to “digital” . But as long as complain about doctors, the reality is this is only for Moscow, for the rest of the country – the dream.
