IATF weighing its options on mandatory vaccination — Nograles

A city hall employee (L) takes part in a vaccination simulation in Manila on January 19, 2021, ahead of the expected arrival of COVID-19 coronavirus vaccines in the capital city next month.

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MANILA, Philippines — The government's pandemic task force is weighing its options on the proposal to make COVID-19 vaccination mandatory, but such a policy may no longer be necessary if many Filipinos avail of the jabs, Malacañang said Tuesday.

President Rodrigo Duterte has expressed willingness to support a policy on mandatory vaccination, saying he could compel everyone to get jabbed under the police power of the state. He said he may agree with the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) if it recommends the policy since the inoculation against COVID-19 is meant to protect public health.

IATF spokesman and acting presidential spokesperson Karlo Nograles said members of the task force are still discussing the proposal.

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