UK health min 'will never support' mandatory vaccines
"I would like to say very clearly to the House (of Commons) today, and say this once and for all, that although we've seen plans for universal mandatory vaccination in some countries in Europe, I will never support them in this country," he told parliament.
Health minister Sajid Javid told lawmakers he firmly believed in "individual liberty" but that "the responsible decision to take is...to move to plan B in England."
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faces a large rebellion among his Conservative lawmakers on Tuesday (December 14) in a parliamentary vote over new restrictions to try to curb the spread of the new Omicron coronavirus variant.
Ahead of the vote, Javid told parliament Britain would remove all 11 countries from its COVID-19 travel red list from Wednesday (December 15) because there is now community transmission of Omicron.
