A decision has not yet been made on whether covid vaccine passports will be issued in Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed.
Speaking at today's briefing, the First Minister said ministers "haven’t taken a decision on whether or not to require vaccine passports" but confirmed it was "something we are considering over the next period".
It comes after Boris Johnson confirmed on Monday that vaccine passports will be mandatory in clubs in England by September when all over-18s have had the opportunity to be fully vaccinated.
Ms Sturgeon said the idea of vaccine passports raised "sensitive ethical and equity considerations", pointing to the fact that some people were unable to get vaccinated for health reasons.
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She said: "We haven’t taken a decision on whether or not to require vaccine passports in any particular setting. That will be something we are considering over next period.
"I’ve said many time before that while there are arguments for requiring vaccination to allow entry to certain places, it raises sensitive ethical and equity considerations.
"Not least because there are some people who can’t get vaccinated because of health conditions and are not yet in a position for having a recommendation to vaccinate all younger teenagers."
The First Minister added that nightclubs remain closed due to concerns over the risk they pose.
She continued: "So we’ve got to weigh up these things very carefully and while we’re doing that we need to continue to be cautious.
"So just to remind people - and this is really really tough for businesses in this sector and I don’t want to lose sight of that - but nightclubs are not open yet in Scotland for the reason we do think they do pose a link to transmission.
"We have to make sure we are in a position overall where we think that risk can be managed and we have through the implications of the different mitigations.
"We will set out the legal basis for anything we do as and when we make those decisions."
