NCOC decision of declaring vaccination mandatory for citizens challenged in LHC

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LAHORE: The National Command and Control Centre’s (NCOC) decision to declare Covid vaccination mandatory for all citizens has been challenged in the Lahore High Court.

The petition said that declaring vaccination mandatory for healthy people is against the law.

It added that the unvaccinated citizens were not being allowed to attend public gatherings.

Meanwhile, the Sindh health director geneal had made the vaccination certificate mandatory for entering the wedding halls and restaurants in the province.

He added that the certificate was also a must for appearing in job interviews and for check up at the out patient departments (OPDs) of private and government hospitals.