Oil workers ‘effectively banned from Norway’ due to Scotland Covid-app delay, MSP claims

Oil workers ‘effectively banned from Norway’ due to Scotland Covid-app delay, MSP claims

The Scottish Government’s digital vaccine passport delay is jeopardising the livelihoods of oil and gas workers, a north-east MSP has said.

Liam Kerr has been contacted by sector workers who have to quarantine in hotels at a cost of £1,000 before they can enter Norway because Scotland still does not have an app-based system for proving vaccination status.

Instead, travellers from Scotland can only get paper confirmation showing they have been double-jabbed because the app is still in development.