Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. mulls mandatory vaccination
NATIONAL Task Force Against Covid-19 chief Carlito Galvez Jr. is mulling of making the Covid-19 vaccination mandatory in the country to maximize the people’s protection against the virus especially now that the government has sufficient supply of vaccines.
“We need to inoculate or maybe mandate vaccination kasi talagang we are at risk if we will not vaccinate everybody. If we will have a sizable amount of 20 million roaming around, those anti-vaxxers roaming around, it will even threaten those vaccinated," he added. “Nakita ko katulad ng mga tinatawag natin, ‘yung binibigyan ng 4Ps dapat pag binigyan sama na ‘yung vaccination... parang sinasabi natin pagka walang vaccine, walang ayuda,” said Galvez.Galvez urged local government units to intensify vaccine information dissemination and provision of incentives to those who will get vaccinated to address vaccine hesitancy.
Galvez said they are also addressing vaccine hesitancy in Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao by procuring more single-dose regimen Jansenn vaccines.
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