ANTI-VAX protesters have caused huge queues on Scotland’s busiest motorway.
The activists staged the motorway demonstration near the Pyramids Business Park, by Bathgate in West Lothian, on Wednesday morning.
Traffic Scotland said traffic was slowed on the M8 eastbound between Junction 5 and Junction 3A as a result.
⌚ 09:00#M8 congestion
— Traffic Scotland (@trafficscotland) September 22, 2021
Slow traffic on the M8 eastbound J5 to J3A due to a demonstration at Bathgate.
Delays approx 15 mins.#ExpectDelays @LoveWestLothian pic.twitter.com/cUqikKugsC
The protesters are reportedly campaigning against the extension of the vaccine rollout to Scottish teenagers.
The Pyramids Business Park has been used as an immunisation centre.
Scots aged 12 to 15-years-old have been receiving the vaccine since Monday after Holyrood ministers accepted advice from the four UK chief medical officers.
A dose of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is being offered to all children and young people aged 12 to 15 who are not already covered by existing advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation.
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