NCR mayors agreed to mandatory vaccination of tiangge workers, owners —Abalos

The mayors in the National Capital Region agreed to make the vaccination of tiangge workers and owners mandatory, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) chairman Benhur Abalos said on Monday.

Interviewed on Super Radyo dzbB, Abalos pointed out that people in tiangges came from different places and only seasonal visitors, which means contact tracing would be a challenge.

“Ang napagkasunduan is that 'yung mga tiangge na magpa-pop out dito, gagawing mandatory na ‘yung mga tatao rito o may-ari ay mabakunahan,” he said.

(It has been agreed that in all tiangges that will open here in NCR, we will make the vaccination of workers and owners mandatory.)

On Sunday, Senators Kiko Pangilinan, Risa Hontiveros, and Senate President Vicente Sotto III expressed their disapproval

The Commission on Human Rights said that mandatory vaccination against COVID-19 could only be done under certain circumstances to ensure that no human rights would be violated.

Earlier, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) proposed to “disincentivize” the beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) who are still not getting their jabs.—AOL, GMA News