UK Health Secretary on Mandatory Vaccines for General Public: ‘I Don’t Think That Is Something We Would Ever Look At’

UK Health Secretary on Mandatory Vaccines for General Public: ‘I Don’t Think That Is Something We Would Ever Look At’
Health Secretary Sajid Javid arrives at BBC Broadcasting House, London, on Nov. 21, 2021. Dominic Lipinski/PA
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The UK’s Health Secretary Sajid Javid said on Sunday that he believes it’s unlikely the government will ever consider mandating COVID-19 vaccines for the general population.

His comments came as Austria announced plans to make the shots compulsory and demonstrators took to the streets across Europe protesting tighter restrictions.