Minister Ausrine Armonaite says such a passport would need to include three elements – a coronavirus jab, negative tests or immunity from having had COVID-19.
"The vaccination of priority groups is ongoing and, let's hope, we will soon move to mass vaccination. As we don’t have such possibilities right now, we propose a way to resume part of activities and bring people back to work. The introduction of an immunity passport could help. (…) It would allow opening up more events, sports clubs," the minister told BNS on Tuesday.
In her words, such a concept is already in place in Denmark. But there are now solutions in Lithuania yet as to how such a passport could work, with the government's decision still necessary.
According to Armonaite, if approved, such a passport could be put in place over the upcoming several weeks. It could later be integrated into the EU-planned immunity certificate, she said.
Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte told the national radio LRT on Tuesday that discussions would be held this week in what stages and when an immunity passport could be introduced in Lithuania.