Kazakh Minister of Health: vaccination will not be compulsory

14.05.2020, 17:15 toppress.kz

On Thursday, May 14, Lower Chamber of Parliament (Mazhilis) gave second reading approval to the draft law “On people’s health and healthcare system,” Toppress.kz correspondent reports. Health Minister Yelzhan Birtanov commented on the approval of the draft Health Code and vaccinating children. In his words, not a single legislative act in healthcare has previously been discussed in such an open and wide-ranging manner. Thus, 42 meetings of the working group and 11 public discussions took place in Nur-Sultan, Almaty and other regions resulting in more than 1,000 amendments. “I would like to touch upon vaccination in particular. Recently, there were heated discussions on social media regardin