If your employer says you cannot work at that workplace unless you get vaccinated, then you won’t be able to work there – AG

Attorney General, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says people have the constitutional right to refuse a medical procedure or treatment however if your employer says you cannot work at that workplace unless you get vaccinated, then you face the consequences and won’t be able to work there.

Sayed-Khaiyum says the Government is not looking at mandatory vaccinations for COVID-19 however people who do not get vaccinated may be told by their employer that they cannot work there.

Sayed-Khaiyum says while he has been meeting a number of organisations as part of the budget consultations, the most important issue is that if we all get vaccinated it will open up a lot of opportunities for the country as a whole.

27,654 people have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19 while 262,151 people have got their first jabs of the COVID vaccine, AstraZeneca.

The target is to get 587,641 Fijians fully vaccinated which will ensure that our country moves forward.