THE Federal Government may consider barring unvaccinated individuals from accessing government facilities, among other measures, if the COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy being witnessed continues.
It was gathered, however, that the decision would only be taken if the government did not notice any significant improvement after the ongoing enlightenment and engagement across the country.
Recall that the Executive Director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (DNPHD), Dr Faisal Shuaib, had said the government might enforce the law against those who refuse COVID-19 vaccination.
The Edo State Government had already started barring government workers without COVID-19 vaccination certificates from accessing government buildings.
The PUNCH exclusively learnt on Friday that the Federal Government was also considering such step, the Secretary to the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19, Dr Mukhtar Muhammed, told it would be considered if it became necessary.
Muhammed said, “We don’t have such plans but if it becomes necessary, it is something that can be considered.
“There is a lot of mobilisation going on. We have community engagement in all the states where the communities and traditional leaders are engaged.
“We will continue to persuade people through all available means to make sure that people would realise the need and take the vaccines by themselves. For now, there is no plan to do that.”
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