Will I need a vaccine passport to go to the pub or travel abroad?

Pub-goers and visitors to other venues may need to prove they've been vaccinated against coronavirus, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said.

How could so-called "vaccine passports" work, and might you also need one to go on holiday?

At present, anyone who has had a Covid jab receives a vaccination card, and the details go on their medical records.

It's been suggested this information could also be added to the NHS app, so people could prove they have been vaccinated, or recently tested negative.

A government review is considering whether a vaccine passport could allow visitors entry to venues such as theatres, sports stadiums and pubs.

Boris Johnson told MPs he is "thinking very deeply" about the matter, and said that it "may be down to individual publicans".

But he also said that even if the government decided on a vaccine passport scheme, it might only be possible once everybody had been offered a vaccine. It is hoped all adults will have been offered a first jab by the end of July.

My Johnson said no final decisions have yet been taken. The review on the use of vaccination passports is expected in April.

Although foreign holidays are not currently allowed, the role vaccine passports could play in travel is being discussed.

"If another country says you can't come in unless you have the jab, then we want Brits to be able to demonstrate that," Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said.

European officials have announced plan for an EU-wide "Green Digital Certificate". This would allow anyone vaccinated against Covid, or who has tested negative, or recently recovered from the virus, to travel within the region.

Officials hope the certificate will be in place before the summer tourist season.

Individual countries and travel companies have also announced plans:

Health Secretary Matt Hancock has also confirmed the government is considering whether care workers in England should have to be vaccinated.

Fewer care home staff have had vaccines than any other priority group. As at 14 March, about 76% of eligible care home staff in England have had the vaccine, compared with 97% of healthcare staff.

The Prime Minister told MPs it seemed "wholly responsible" for care companies to require their workers to be vaccinated.

However, no final decision has been taken.

Other UK nations make their own decisions on health, and the Welsh government has said it has no plans to make vaccines compulsory.

There have also been questions over whether staff working in other areas could be required to get vaccinated.

One employer, Pimlico Plumbers, has said it will require its employees to be vaccinated, and may not keep on those who don't comply.

Justice Secretary Robert Buckland said making new staff get vaccinated could, in theory, be possible if it was written into their contracts.

However, he said it was unlikely employers could make existing workers have vaccines under their current contracts, unless the law was changed.

In the absence of this, demanding that current staff be vaccinated would be unlawful in the "majority of circumstances", according to employment lawyer Ella Bond, from Harper James solicitors.

Businesses are not allowed to discriminate against people for reasons including disability, pregnancy and religious belief.

Pregnant women are not generally recommended to have the vaccine unless they are at particular risk. It is also not suitable for people with some health conditions, including certain allergies and immune system problems.

Sarah Gilzean, a discrimination lawyer at Morton Fraser, agrees that such valid reasons for not having the jab could make it hard for employers to insist on vaccination.

"In settings where there are alternatives like mass testing that are less intrusive, it's going to be difficult for employers to justify that requirement," she says.