Vaccine passports: what role would they play in pandemic?

While there is no international consensus on how , or why, vaccine passports should be used, several governments around the world are adopting the so called coronavirus passports in a bid to reopen borders and restore a semblance to social life.

But sceptics say they present insurmountable scientific, legal and ethical issues and should not be used either within individual countries or as a tool to unlock international travel.

So how ethical will this be?

We now chat to Director in the Centre for Medical Ethics and Law, department of Medicine at Stellenbosch University, Professor Keymanthri Moodley