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How important are vaccine passports?

Some say they will help us return to life as we knew it. Others warn of serious ethical concerns.

As the global Covid-19 vaccination drive slowly gathers pace - on Business Weekly we鈥檒l be looking at whether vaccine passports will help us return to life as we once knew it. While the travel industry is keen to use them, scientists warn that not only will they not work properly but they could pose serious ethical dilemmas. We鈥檒l also hear from the people scooping facemasks out of the ocean - who are warning that Covid-19 has caused a pandemic of plastic waste. In the effort to save the planet from climate change, US President Joe Biden has promised to reduce the US鈥檚 carbon emissions. We鈥檒l hear from the American coal workers who are worried for their jobs. Also, the pandemic has thrown the global wedding industry into disarray. We鈥檒l meet the couples who got married during the pandemic in really quite extraordinary circumstances. And we鈥檒l look at the history of hairstyles in the workplace.

Business Weekly is presented by Lucy Burton and produced by Szu Ping Chan.

Picture: A close-up of an ampoule and syringe needle (Credit: Getty).

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