Mandatory Vaccines for Czech Schoolkids Approved by European Court
- ECHR says Czech school ban for unvaccinated is ‘protective’
- Measles, tetanus, vaccine cases could have relevance for Covid
Pupils attend classes in Prague, Czech Republic.
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The European Court of Human Rights backed Czech rules banning unvaccinated children from schools in a judgment that may have broader implications for the debate about mandatory jabs against Covid-19.
Judges decided by a vote of sixteen to one that excluding unvaccinated children was permissible as a “protective” measure for other classmates rather than a “punitive” one against the few not immunized.