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The Palace applauds the dismissal of a petition opposing obligatory vaccinations.

On Tuesday, Malacanang hailed a Manila court’s decision to reject a lawsuit filed against the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) over the introduction of obligatory Covid-19 vaccination for worksite workers.

“We welcome the decision of the Manila Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 41 dismissing the petition against the Inter-Agency Task Force or IATF in connection with unvaccinated onsite workers and those vaccinated against Covid-19,” said Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, who also serves as the acting presidential spokesperson.

Nograles underlined the need of ensuring the safety and health of every Filipino.

“Nais natin lahat ang isang ligtas at malusog na kapaligiran at pamumuhay (Nais natin lahat ang isang ligtas at malusog na kapaligiran at pamumuhay),” he continued.

The IATF was just exercising its discretionary jurisdiction to withhold the declaration of rights and construction of IATF Resolution 148-B dated Nov. 11, 2021, according to Judge Rosalyn Mislos-Loja of the Manila RTC Branch 41.

The petitioner, Kathryn Joy Hautea-Nuez, clerk of court of the Las Pinas RTC Branch 198, had requested for the IATF’s required vaccination resolution to be overturned.

Hautea-Nuez stated in her petition that she is apprehensive to be vaccinated because “she arrived at the personal opinion that vaccination is not for her and her family after evaluating the information on the vaccines being used and the various options available to prevent the spread of the sickness.”

“Any discussion in a petition for declaratory relief on the propriety of determining problems other than a declaration of clearly stated rights or construction of documents becomes immaterial,” the court said.

Employees who refuse to be vaccinated against Covid-19 cannot be fired, but they must undertake frequent reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing or antigen tests at their own expense, according to the IATF-EID.

It further stated that businesses have the right to refuse access and service to anyone who has not been vaccinated or who has only been partially vaccinated despite being eligible for vaccination.

There is currently no law requiring mandatory Covid-19 vaccination.

The national government, on the other hand, has promoted vaccination as a means of preventing Covid-19-related deaths and severe sickness, as well as achieving herd immunity.

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