Nicola Sturgeon has announced the covid vaccine passport scheme in Scotland will end on Monday.
Scots wanting to attend some late night premises with music or larger events currently have to show proof of their covid certification.
They must be able to show they have been fully vaccinated, or have a record of a negative rapid lateral flow test.
With covid under control, the scheme will end within days.
In a statement to Holyrood, the First Minister said: “I can confirm, firstly, that the COVID certification scheme requiring certain venues and events to check the vaccine or test status of attendees will come to an end next Monday 28 February.
“The app which supports the scheme will remain operational, however, so any business that wishes to continue COVID certification on a voluntary basis to reassure customers will be able to do so.”
The announcement came as Sturgeon set out the Scottish Government’s wider blueprint for managing and recovering from the virus.
Unlike the previous two years, she said the new approach will see the Government resort much less to “legally imposed protective measures”.
She explained: "Instead, we will rely predominantly on vaccines, treatments, and sensible public health behaviours and adaptations.”
Explaining the new framework, the First Minister said it categorised three broad levels of future potential threat - low, medium and high.
She said: “If a new variant emerged that was more transmissible and more severe, perhaps with the ability to evade vaccine or natural immunity, this threat would likely be classified as high risk.
“In those circumstances, we might advise people to limit social contacts for a period; and to work from home where possible; and we may introduce some temporary protections for high-risk settings.
“If a new variant, though, was either more transmissible or more severe, but not both - as is the case with Omicron - the initial threat assessment would likely be medium.”
She added: “Lastly, in the absence of a new variant, or if a new variant was neither more transmissible nor more severe - and if vaccines continue to be effective - the threat classification would likely remain low.
“In these circumstances, there would be no legally imposed protective measures. Instead, we would continue to advise individuals and organisations to adopt sensible public health behaviours.”
Sturgeon announced the new framework after reporting 6,427 new covid cases from lateral flow and PCR tests - a figure much lower than at the height of Omicron.
She also said the Government expects on March 21st that the legal requirement to wear face coverings in certain indoor settings and on public transport will be axed.
The requirement will instead be converted into guidance.
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