Question reference: S6W-03484
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 5 October 2021
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Current status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 17 November 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it gave to people who have COVID-19 antibodies as a result of having had the virus, when it was developing its COVID-19 vaccine certification policy.
Answer
There is clear clinical evidence that the vaccination reduces the risk of serious harm and we recommend that all adults, even those how have had Covid, should be vaccinated. One of the aims of the certification programme is to promote the uptake of the vaccine and for that reasons antibody status is not within scope. We will keep the parameters for certification under review.