Indonesia makes Covid-19 inoculations compulsory
Jakarta threatens stiff penalty for residents refusing vaccines
18 February 2021 - 19:57
Jakarta — Indonesia's capital Jakarta is threatening residents with fines of up to 5-million rupiah ($357) for refusing Covid-19 vaccines, a stiff penalty aimed at ensuring compliance with a new regulation making inoculations mandatory.
Deputy Jakarta governor Ahmad Riza Patria said city authorities were merely following rules and such sanctions were a last resort in Jakarta, which accounts for about a quarter of the archipelago nation's more than 1.2-million coronavirus infections...
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