Algeria started requiring a vaccine passport from Sunday to enter a broad range of public venues, in a bid to boost the country's low inoculation rate and overcome vaccine hesitancy that has left millions of vaccines unused, AP reports.
The pass is now required for anyone entering or leaving Algeria, as well as for sports facilities, cinemas, theaters, museums, town halls and some other sites. It also applies to hammams the bath houses that are popular across the region.
Less than a quarter of Algeria's population has had even one vaccine dose, so the rule will be difficult to enforce.
