DUP to await detail before making decision on Covid passports

Stormont’s Health Minister has called for the phased introduction of mandatory vaccine passports in Northern Ireland (PA)

The DUP has said it will await details around proposals for mandatory vaccine passports in Northern Ireland before deciding whether to support the move.

The party said the best way to maximise vaccine uptake was with encouragement rather than compulsion and said it would be uncomfortable with a situation where access to services was based on vaccination status.