Question reference: S5W-34039
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 15 December 2020
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Current status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 5 January 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to the use of (a) health passports to verify COVID-19 vaccinations or recent negative tests and (b) mobilising mass COVID-19 testing to allow the safe return of spectators to football stadia.
Answer
The Scottish Government is not currently considering ‘health passports’ to verify negative tests and vaccine, or mobilising mass testing to allow the safe return of spectators to football stadia. In addition to ethical considerations, there are practical issues with any such approach.
Scotland's Strategic Framework published on 23 October 2020 permits limited numbers of spectators at stadia events in local authorities with protection level 1 or level 0 restrictions. Our priority remains supressing the virus and safeguarding lives – and that remains the best way to get supporters back into grounds and to allow other activities to resume.