Scot travellers 'second-class citizens' as vaccine passport delay throws holiday plans in doubt

Scottish travellers are being treated as “second-class citizens”, with delays in rolling out a digital vaccine passport leaving holidaymakers unable to prove their vaccination abroad, opposition leaders have claimed. [View email online]( [Subscribe today]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [The Scotsman] Aug 12, 2021 Good morning, Welcome to your daily news update from [The Scotsman](. Today we report Scottish travellers are being treated like "second-class citizens" as the as digital vaccine passport delay [throws holiday plans into doubt](. Have you been unable to prove your vaccination status when travelling abroad? Let us know. Meanwhile, [new lateral flow tests are being introduced at Scottish schools]( after uptake was revealed to be as low as one per cent. And in case you missed our exclusive story yesterday, a court has granted permission a for [judicial review into the Unexplained Wealth Order]( against Donald Trump, [Martyn McLaughlin]( reports. 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