Greece and Germany kick off EU vaccination travel certificates early

A woman enjoys the sun at Plaka beach on the Aegean island of Naxos (Thanassis Stavrakis/AP)

Greece, Germany and five other European Union nations have introduced a Covid-19 vaccination certificate system for travellers, weeks ahead of the July 1 rollout of the programme across the 27-nation bloc.

The other countries starting early were Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Croatia and Poland, according to the European Commission.