No mandate for compulsory vaccination: Centre to SC

New Delhi, Nov 29: The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that it has not mandated for COVID-19 vaccines to be administered mandatorily at this stage and all data relating to clinical trial approved by Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI), and vaccination data that is required to be and can be released as per law is already available in the public domain.
The affidavit filed by Centre in the top court said that at this juncture, the entire concentration of the central and the state governments should be and is on vaccination drive and encouraging people to get vaccinated.
“It is, therefore, not desirable at this juncture to invest time finding out motives behind a few elements attempting to act against the interest of the nation at the cost of violating the right of crores of citizens to be protected from pandemic”, the government said. (PTI)