Tue Nov 9, 2021 – 4:39 pm EST
LONDON (LifeSiteNews) – The U.K. announced Tuesday that frontline health-care staff will be subject to mandatory COVID-19 injections in order to continue working, despite government documents suggesting that more than 120,000 health care staff might leave over the “extreme” mandate.
Confirming weeks of speculation and public consultation, Health Secretary Sajid Javid announced November 9 in the House of Commons the latest measures for mandatory COVID-19 injections.
“All those who work in the NHS and social care will have to be vaccinated,” he stated, adding that “only those colleagues who can show that they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 will be employed or engaged in the relevant settings.”
Javid’s dictate allowed little wiggle room to avoid vaccination, as he outlined that the “two key exemptions” were for staff who “do not have face-to-face contact with patients and a second for those who are medically exempt.”
The mandate would be introduced via an amended version of the Health and Social Care Act 2008, subject to parliamentary approval, and would come into force on April 1, 2022. It would affect staff in the National Health Service (NHS) as well as health care staff in wider settings across the country.
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