Writing in the Evening Standard on Monday, Mr Blair said that a “vaccination acceleration is paramount” while pushing for the introduction of a “Covid Pass”.
Blair said that the requirement for a Covid Pass should “at least” be required “in order to travel and probably for everything from attending an O2 concert to the FA Cup final”.
“This crisis isn’t ending soon, and the economic and health damage of prolonged lockdown is frightening,” he wrote, claiming that it may take up to two or three years to beat the virus.
Mr Blair first came out in favour of so-called ‘Health Passports‘ in December, as a means to return to normality.
“I know all the objections, but it will happen. It’s the only way the world will function and for lockdowns to no longer be the sole course of action,” he said last month.
Earlier this month, Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage surprisingly called for the government to task Mr Blair with leading the vaccination push, saying: “We are in a national crisis and a government of all the talents, including Blair, makes sense. He seems to have a grip on this far more than the cabinet.”
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