Nicola Sturgeon’s flagship vaccination app will not be available to thousands of people on low incomes, it has emerged.
Signing up for the scheme requires users to upload a photograph of their driver’s licence or passport.
But around 300,000 people in Scotland are not thought to hold either document, with many of those from ethnic minority communities and the poorest households.
Labour’s health spokeswoman Jackie Baillie said: “It is completely wrong that those unable to get a passport or driving licence will be unable to access vaccine certification.
“This risks further entrenching inequality in our society and could lead to a backlash against the vaccination scheme.”
Scottish Conservative shadow health secretary Dr Sandesh Gulhane added: “Vaccine uptake is already lowest in our BAME communities. Asking for this level of identification only risks excluding them further in society.”
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton said: “This is yet more evidence of discrimination. There must be thousands of Scots who don’t have acceptable photo ID.”
A Scottish Government spokesman insisted those without the app could request a paper copy of their certificate.
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