How immunity checks at sporting events could ensure the safety of fans.

When sports finally emerge from their slumber, one physician believes proof of coronavirus immunity can eventually be a way to ensure the safety of those who attend certain arenas.

Kumanan Wilson, a physician at a hospital in Ottawa, Canada, said that a digital immunization check would help promote gatherings at sporting events even with a deployable vaccine roughly a year or so away.

"We're going to need some kind of test that is proof of immunity to get people back into society," Wilson told CBC Sports.

When sports finally emerge from their slumber following the coronavirus pandemic, one physician believes proof of immunity can eventually be a way to ensure the safety of those who attend certain arenas.

Just like when you go to a sporting event [and] they scan your ticket, they are going to scan your barcode for proof of immunity," Wilson said, according to the outlet.

Almost every sporting event has been postponed or canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic