Question reference: S5W-34038
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 15 December 2020
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Current status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 23 December 2020
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether the use of documented infection and vaccination status for COVID-19 via a health passport would allow spectators to safely attend Hampden for the 2021 UEFA Euro finals.
Answer
I refer the member to the response provided for S5W-34041 on 23 December 2020, which sets out planning considerations for UEFA EURO 2020 at Hampden in June and July 2021. Regarding health or immunity passports, there are not something that the Scottish Government is contemplating at this stage. In addition to ethical considerations, there are practical issues with any such approach - we do not yet know the extent to which vaccination prevents transmission of Covid and we cannot be sure that, just because someone has been vaccinated, they cannot pass Covid on to somebody else.
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