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Belgium: Thousands of protesters against compulsory vaccination of health workers

Thousands rallied in the capital on Tuesday Belgium against a plan that aims to institutionalize him compulsory vaccination of sanitation for him coronavirus, early next year.

They participated in the mobilization 3.800 people, according to police, 5.000, according to the Confederation of Christian Trade Unions (CSC-AVC), which is a member of the trade union front that had called for the protest.

Protesters are mainly protesting the risk of further weakening of care units if the unvaccinated can not work, AFP reports.

“We are already facing a shortage of staff. If we stop the unvaccinated health, patients will not receive care“, Supported in the French Agency a nurse, who participated in the process.

Media videos and material posted on social media record a clash between a group of people gathered with police forces:

As part of the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, the government of Flemish Alexander de Cro intends to make the vaccination of health workers mandatory from 1 January.

Those who refuse will be put in suspension from their duties from that date, with the government giving them time to think about it in order to maintain their contract, according to the APE BPE.

It should be noted that in Belgium a small minority of health workers has not been vaccinated, which corresponds to 10%, approximately, of the industry.

Photo: YouTube / Ruptly

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