How Scots can access their Covid vaccine passport ahead of further restrictions lifting next week

More Covid restrictions will be lifted next week amid claims that Scotland has ‘turned a corner’ in the Omicron wave. Nicola Sturgeon confirmed that rules on table service and social distancing measures will no longer be required in Scots hospitality venues from Monday.

Non-professional indoor contact sports will also be allowed to resume from this date. Nightclubs and large indoor events will also be able to restart normal programming next week.Scots will be required to show that they have been fully vaccinated against Covid to gain entry into a number of these events under the rules.The Covid vaccine certification scheme applies to these events and venues:Did you know you can keep up to date with the latest news by signing up to our daily newsletter?We send a morning and lunchtime newsletter covering the latest headlines every day.We also send coronavirus updates at 5pm on weekdays, and a round up of the week's must-read stories on Sunday afternoons.Signing up is simple, easy and free.You can pop your email address into the sign up box above, hit Subscribe and we'll do the rest.Alternatively, you can sign up and check out the rest of our newsletters here.For those who haven’t been able to access their vaccine passport, here is a reminder.

Scots can download the NHS Scotland Covid Status app on the App Store or Google Play store. Users will be taken through a series of prompts to verify that the details they have requested are for the right person.

Once this process is complete, details of both their vaccination status for domestic (with QR code) and international purposes will be available to use.