LINCOLN- Gov. Pete Ricketts said Wednesday that the state will not participate in any “vaccine passport program.” The Governor stated “This concept violates two central tenets of the American system: freedom of movement and health care privacy... Nebraska will take any necessary action to protect the private health information of our citizens and the freedoms we cherish.”

Vaccine passports that provide proof of immunity to the coronavirus are supported by the travel industry and other businesses that have suffered from concerns about the risk of contagion in public places. At least two other Republican governors have objected to the vaccine passports.

The news came after a Washington Post report last week said President Joe Biden was pushing for development of a vaccine passport that would provide proof that people were vaccinated against COVID-19.

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