Scottish Covid vaccine trialists ‘treated like second-class citizens’

Novavax volunteers fear start of vaccine passports next month could put them at further disadvantage

Scottish vaccine volunteers are being treated like second-class citizens" while waiting for the Novavax jab to be approved, an MSP has said, as they continue a months-long fightto have their vaccines recognised on the standard NHS Scotland database.

The trialists are worried that the introduction of vaccine passports north of the border next month could put them at a further disadvantage as they cannot access the standard electronic version - instead possessing only a piece of paper.