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Encourage, Not Mandate COVID-19 Vaccines – WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO), on Monday, said that persuading people on the merits of a COVID-19 vaccine would go a long way rather than trying to make it mandatory.
AFP reports that the global health body said it would be down to individual countries as to how they want to conduct their vaccination campaigns against the coronavirus pandemic.
It insisted that making it mandatory to get immunised against the disease would be the wrong approach to take.
“I don’t think that mandates are the direction to go in here, especially for these vaccines,” Kate O’Brien, director of the WHO’s immunisation department, told a virtual news conference.
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“It is a much better position to actually encourage and facilitate the vaccination without those kinds of requirements.
“I don’t think we envision any countries creating a mandate for vaccination.”
O’Brien said there may be certain professions in which being vaccinated might be required or highly recommended, such as respiratory technicians and intensive care medics in hospitals, for the safety of both the staff and the patients
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