SINGAPORE, July 27 — It is not yet time for the Singapore government to think about making Covid-19 jabs mandatory as they are being rolled out under emergency authorisation, though perhaps it is a policy that “governments around the world will have to consider” when Covid-19 becomes endemic, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said yesterday.
“So, under emergency use in the pandemic situation, to make it mandatory, I think, is not quite consistent. In time to come when Covid-19 is really endemic, maybe it’s a policy that governments around the world will have to consider,” he added. The World Health Organisation previously said that persuading people on the merits of a Covid-19 vaccine would be far more effective than trying to make the jabs mandatory.
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