FDA Director-General Eric Domingo said that mandatory vaccination is “very debatable” because vaccines should only be given upon the consent of beneficiaries. So usually meron kang level of autonomy required. 9252 which seeks to amend the COVID-19 Vaccination Program Act of 2021 to make vaccination mandatory “as may be determined” by the Department of Health (DOH). So medyo tricky na ‘yung making vaccination compulsory, pero making a vaccine under emergency use authorization compulsory, that is even a little more complicated,” he explained. Making vaccination compulsory is already tricky, but making vaccination with vaccines under emergency use authorization compulsory is even a little more complicated.)

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer April 27, 2021 03:20 UTC