Australia's prime minister quickly ditched a plan to make a Covid-19 vaccine mandatory | BISouthAfrica
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has swiftly rowed back a plan to make a coronavirus vaccine mandatory for all his citizens.on Wednesday morning that taking a vaccine would be"as mandatory as you can possibly make it."
"There are always exemptions for any vaccine on medical grounds, but that should be the only basis," he said."It is not going to be compulsory to have the vaccine, OK? It's not compulsory. There are no compulsory vaccines in Australia,""There will be a lot of encouragement and measures to get as high a rate of acceptance as usual."
Morrison made the concession after a listener phoned in to the radio station to ask why he would have to vaccinate his child. The prime minister's move suggests that his government is willing accommodate those who don't want a coronavirus vaccine,The photos below show people in Australia protesting vaccinations in Brisbane and Sydney in May:
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