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Domestic workers alarmed by compulsory Hong Kong COVID-19 vaccine plan
Migrant workers sit in front of protest banners in the Central district of Hong Kong on May 1, 2021. (Photo: AFP/Peter Parks)
01 May 2021 05:33PM Share this content
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HONG KONG: Hong Kong migrant worker groups on Saturday (May 1) criticised plans to make COVID-19 vaccines compulsory for all foreign domestic helpers, labelling the move discriminatory and unjust .
Health officials said they were planning to roll out mandatory inoculations for the 370,000 domestic helpers in the city, mostly poorly-paid women from the Philippines and Indonesia.
Hong Kong migrant worker groups on Saturday criticized plans to make coronavirus vaccines compulsory for all foreign domestic helpers, labeling the move "discriminatory and unjust".
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