NERVTAG: Immunity certification, 9 December 2020
Paper prepared by the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (NERVTAG).
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Paper by NERVTAG on immunity certification. It was considered at SAGE 72 on 10 December 2020.
The paper is the assessment of the evidence at the time of writing. As new evidence or data emerges, SAGE updates its advice accordingly.
The following members of NERVTAG authored this paper:
- Peter Horby
- Andrew Hayward
- Wendy Barclay
- Peter Openshaw
- John Edmunds
- Neil Ferguson
- Julian Hiscox
An update of this paper titled NERVTAG: Immunity certification update, 4 February 2021 was presented at SAGE 79 on 4 February 2021.
This paper is one in a series of papers presented to SAGE on the topic of immunity or vaccination certification. It should be read alongside the following;
- SPI-B: Behavioural considerations of health certificates in population mass testing, 26 November 2020 at SAGE 71
- SPI-B: Health status certification in relation to COVID-19, behavioural and social considerations, 9 December 2020 at SAGE 72
- Academics: Ethics of certification – briefing paper, 9 December 2020
- SPI-B : Health status certification in relation to COVID-19 legitimacy and enforcement considerations, 9 December 2020 on SAGE 72
These documents are released as pre-print publications that have provided the government with rapid evidence during an emergency. These documents have not been peer-reviewed and there is no restriction on authors submitting and publishing this evidence in peer-reviewed journals.