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VACCINATION DAY. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte waves to the crowd inside SM City Masinag in Antipolo City, Rizal following his attendance in the launching of the three-day vaccination campaign dubbed as National Vaccination Days: Bayanihan Bakunahan 2021, on Nov. 29, 2021. Duterte said he favors mandatory vaccination against Covid-19. (Presidential photo by Ace Morandante) MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday night said he favors mandatory vaccination against Covid-19 should the government's Covid-19 task force start to implement the policy. "As a worker of government also in charge of the overall operations of the government, I may agree with the task force [Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases] if they decide to make it mandatory. It's for public health," Duterte said in a televised meeting with the National Task Force (NTF) Against Covid-19 and medical experts in Malacanan Palace. He acknowledged that a law is needed to