Biomedical Union opposes proposal for mandatory vaccination

BIOMEDICAL Union of Zambia president Daniel Mwimbe says there is no need for mandatory COVID-19 vaccination, arguing that people just need to be encouraged rather than forced. Pharmaceutical expert Jerome Kanyika recently called on government to put in place policies which will ensure mandatory vaccination for all front line workers if the country was to meet the set targets. But in an interview, Mwimbe said people should not be forced to get vaccinated. He said government should instead sensitise citizens on the benefits of COVID-19 vaccines. “For us we do not see any need why there should be mandatory vaccination as being propagated by a section of our colleagues. We cannot count on mandatory vaccination, that is why people have...