Hong Kong vaccine plan shocks domestic workers

Employment requirement: Migrant workers registering for Covid-19 testing in the Central district of Hong Kong. — AFP
Hong Kong: Hong Kong migrant worker groups criticised plans to make coronavirus 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.
Those wanting to apply for work visas – or renew their current ones – would need to show they had been vaccinated, officials said on Friday.
If the plan goes ahead, it would be the first time Hong Kong has directly tied working rights for foreigners to vaccines.

Related Keywords

Philippines , Indonesia , Hong Kong , Dolores Balladares Pelaez , , Balladares Pelaez , United Filipinos , China , Corona Virus , Vaccines , Compulsory , Foreign Domestic Helpers , பிலிப்பைன்ஸ் , இந்தோனேசியா , ஹாங் காங் , சீனா , கொரோனா வைரஸ் , தடுப்பு மருந்துகள் , கட்டாய , வெளிநாட்டு உள்நாட்டு உதவியாளர்கள் ,