Entry Bans For Unvaccinated Are Illegal

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• China’s top health authority said the nation’s Covid-19 inoculation programme followed the principle of free will amid reports that non-vaccinated people in different parts of the country were facing new restrictions imposed by local governments.

• The National Health Commission said on Friday that vaccination against the novel coronavirus should be voluntary, according to a report by state media outlet CCTV.

• This comes days after dozens of counties and cities across China announced that access to public venues would be restricted for adults who have not been vaccinated.

 Correct improper ways or bans 

The commission told CCTV on Friday that local governments should not push for vaccination in an “overly simplistic” manner and adopt blanket mandatory measures.

“The National Health Commission will continually pay attention to the use of compulsory means when conducting inoculations of the Covid-19 vaccine,” it said.

On April 11, China’s State Council said that simplistic and one-size-fits-all approaches to vaccination had appeared in various places, and that this practice must be corrected.

While the NHC said the across-the-board restrictions must be rectified, it also said that “anyone who is of the right age and without medical issues should be vaccinated”. The National Healthy Commission will correct improper ways of forcing people to get vaccinated and unreasonable bans in some regions, and make guidelines and relevant regulations.

Source: 中国青年网

Source: South China Morning Post, by Eduardo Baptista

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3141486/chinese-health-agency-says-coronavirus-vaccines-are-voluntary

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