To ask the Minister of Health whether Novovax volunteers will be able to certify their vaccination status through the Northern Ireland travel and domestic use COVID status certification.

Those who participated in vaccine trials have already been issued with printed letters for domestic use (as a secure printed document) which they can use in advance of the completion of the remaining work to provide access to the Covid Certification Scheme paper certificate or digital app.

The CCS work is due to be completed before mandatory certification comes into effect on 13th December. I would recommend that trial participants should register now for a NI Direct account in advance of the announcement of access to the certificates themselves.