Original version

BBC World Service South Asia

Business Daily

Factual: Money

The daily drama of money and work from the BBC.

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa Schedule

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa

BBC World Service Australasia

BBC World Service Online

BBC World Service

BBC World Service schedule for American satellite radio and the Caribbean

BBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean

BBC World Service News Internet

BBC World Service Europe and the Middle East

BBC World Service West and Central Africa Schedule

BBC World Service West and Central Africa

BBC World Service East Asia

Business Daily: Can 'immunity passports' help us get back to normal?

Bulletins

Can 'immunity passports' help us get back to normal?

27/05/2020 GMT

BBC World Service - Business Daily, Can 'immunity passports' help us get back to normal?

Countries are working on certification methods to show someone is immune to coronavirus

Countries around the world are working on ways for people to safely get back to normal, people like Pam in Scotland, who is navigating the world of app dating during coronavirus and wondering when, and if, to meet up. One answer is the idea of an immunity passport or certificate: something that shows you have had coronavirus and are now immune. Franz Walt, chief executive of Swiss firm Quotient, says antibody testing is so accurate it could be the basis for such a system. But Professor Robert West at University College London, says we don’t know enough about the illness to guarantee a passport system would work. And Stanford University historian Kathryn Olivarius explains how a 19th century yellow fever outbreak in New Orleans can help us think about it.

(Picture: a testing vial. Picture credit: Getty Images.)

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Business Daily

Can 'immunity passports' help us get back to normal?

Genres

Formats

Brand

BBC World Service South Asia

About BBC World Service