News Round-Up
6 October 2024
by Will Jones
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On December 27th, the Scottish Government will close all nightclubs for at least three weeks.
Scottish nightclubs have discovered a loophole in the vaccine passport scheme whereby if they put chairs on the dance floor they are no longer classified as night clubs and can ignore the rules.
Following the enforcement of Scotland's vaccine passport scheme, hospitality venues have decided to close early following a sharp decline in footfall.
It's not been the most successful of starts for the Scottish Government's vaccine passport scheme which has suffered from technical glitches and is set to be ignored by businesses over the weekend.
A Scottish judge has dismissed a legal challenge to vaccine passports, saying the Night Time Industries Association failed to demonstrate that Nicola Sturgeon's plans are "disproportionate, irrational or unreasonable".
The Night Time Industries Association is seeking to launch a legal challenge against the Scottish Government's "deeply flawed and incoherent" plans to introduce vaccine passports at nightclubs and 'large' venues.
The Welsh will soon be forced to prove they have been vaccinated or recently tested negative for Covid to get into nightclubs and 'large events' following a Government announcement earlier today.
A leaked letter from Government lawyers reveals that "no final policy decision has yet been taken" on introducing vaccine passports in nightclubs and other 'large venues', sparking confusion over the Government's plans.
If you don’t get vaccinated against Covid, you won’t be able to enjoy your life, young people are told in the latest Government ad campaign which nods to the introduction of vaccine passports later this year.
The case for the introduction of vaccine passports across all U.K. nations "is strong", says Michael Gove, who would like to see vaccination checks at Premier League matches and "in appropriate locations".
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