Covid-19 update: Can the government force you to get vaccinated?

 The Gujarat High Court has temporarily restricted the Indian Air Force from taking forcible action against an officer who is not willing to take the Covid-19 vaccine. The officer expressed a preference for Ayurvedic treatment instead of allopathy, invoking the Constitutional right to choose one’s preferred method of medical treatment.

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