Central America must be the driving force behind a globally accepted document that will be vital for the recovery of the global economy and tourism in particular.

The generation of a physical or digital document of global acceptance (like national passports) that certifies that the bearer has been vaccinated against Covid-19 will facilitate the movement of people that has been severely restricted as part of the measures adopted by governments, both locally and internationally, to contain the pandemic.

The sector most affected by these measures to contain the mobility of people is undoubtedly tourism. As this industry is very important for Central American countries, it is essential that both national governments and regional bodies such as the Secretariat for Central American Tourism Integration join existing initiatives.

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Two articles in the New York Times discuss the subject, one explaining it reasonably, and the other unfortunately exposing ethical doubts about its use (in a typical exercise of political rightness) putting above the benefits of its implementation the eventual ethical risk of its use, by discriminating between vaccinated and unvaccinated people. In any case, this inevitable discrimination is already being practiced, through the obligation to show negative Covid-19 test certificates for international travel.

Central America needs to recover its tourism industry. The Covid1-9 passport is a vital tool for this to happen as quickly as possible.

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