A travel risk intelligence specialist has warned of long airport delays as travellers use paper documents to show their Covid status.
The paperwork can be faked so there could be lengthy queues while checks are carried out, said Adam Schrader, operations director at Riskline.
“Governments and travel authorities are now hastily rushing to introduce vaccination passports to meet the demand to open up travel and holidays,” he said.
“While digital vaccine passports are in development and testing, the absence of any universal standards means that many people around the world have already been issued with paper documentation for their vaccinations.
“The unvaccinated who still want to travel will turn to counterfeit documents and fake vaccination passports which are already available on the dark web. Some violators may not be caught.”
He added: “Until all countries introduced digital vaccination records, security will be weak and be dependent on hard-pressed border and travel staff checking documents diligently. The queues will be lengthy.”
Riskline has recently added a new section on vaccinations to its Covid-19 microsite.
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