Question reference: S6W-05808
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 20 January 2022
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Current status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 28 January 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether people who participated in the Novavax trial will be recognised as fully vaccinated on the NHS Scotland COVID Status app.
Answer
We are grateful to everyone who has volunteered for vaccine trials in Scotland. They have all made a tremendous contribution to tackling the COVID-19 pandemic.
At present, Novavax is not approved by the MHRA in the UK. For this reason, people who participated in the Novavax Trial in Scotland have a paper certificate to identify them as a ‘clinical trial participant’ which allows them to be treated as if they were fully vaccinated for domestic and inbound travel purposes.
There are plans to enable all clinical trial participants to access the COVID status app for domestic certification which is scheduled for release in February.
If and when the MHRA approves the use of Novavax in the UK, the Novavax clinical trial participants will be able to access the COVID status app for international travel in the same way as an individual who has been vaccinated as part of the national vaccination programme. We do not have a definite timeline for MHRA approval to be in place.