“Government's approach is to invest in persuading people to see the life-saving value of vaccination.”
He said the focus was on making people realise its importance, rather than enforcing a law.
The IFP also posed a question about workplace vaccinations, asking whether “the mooted mandatory vaccination will be targeting some industries” and if “government will allow the private sector to impose such mandatory requirements for Covid-19”.
Phaahla said in his reply that “while the state has no intention to make vaccination mandatory, we also have no intention to interfere in internal policies of private and independent institutions, including on public health policies”.
TimesLIVE reported on Friday that about 13-million people are fully vaccinated, which means 33.4% of the adult population.
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