Vaccination certificate not must for any purpose, Centre tells SC

When it has become almost a norm for travellers to carry either negative RT-PCR test reports or Covid vaccination certificates, the Union government has informed the Supreme Court that it has “not issued any Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) which makes carrying of vaccination certificates mandatory for any purpose”.

  • Updated On Jan 18, 2022 at 06:55 AM IST
NEW DELHI: When it has become almost a norm for travellers to carry either negative RT-PCR test reports or Covid vaccination certificates, the Union government has informed the Supreme Court that it has “not issued any Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) which makes carrying of vaccination certificates mandatory for any purpose”.

The Centre’s statement was in response to a petition seeking exemption from vaccination certificates for persons with disabilities and requesting for vaccination arrangements at their places of stay. The Centre said the government is running ‘vaccination for all’ programmes, including near to home or at home vaccination strategies, providing facilities that would enable disabled persons to get vaccinated without hindrance.

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“A total of 23,678 doses have been administered to disabled persons who have voluntarily chosen to be identified as such at the time of vaccination,” it said. The Centre said it has advised all states and UTs to “vaccinate bed-ridden or beneficiaries with extremely restricted mobility or disability and/or special needs along with their caregivers at their places of residence using mobile vaccination teams”. A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Surya Kant will take up the case for hearing on Tuesday.

On the plea that persons with disability could be exempted from wearing masks, the Centre said it is a global practice advised by WHO and health experts. “Asymptomatic or pre-symptomatic infected people who may feel well and are unaware of their infectiousness to others are also likely to transmit infections to others. Similarly, persons with disabilities are just as likely to get infected with Covid-19 and transmit the same around them as any other person,” it said.
  • Published On Jan 18, 2022 at 06:49 AM IST
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