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Pakistan, Denmark shut down cell phones, fast-food for unvaccinated
The governments of the Punjab and Sindh provinces in Pakistan have called for blocking the cellphones for unvaccinated people, blaming the them for a rise in Covid-19 cases. In Denmark, KFC refused to allow unvaccinated access to their establishment.
Published: August 3, 2021, 12:03 pm
“At first this was only a proposal, but people have been very hesitant in getting vaccinated so the decision was made,” a spokesman for the Punjab Primary Health department told AFP in June.
Sindh Information Minister Syed Nasi Hussain Shah told the New York Times that the government wanted to force people to get the jab. The Sindh government has even stopped paying unvaccinated government workers.
“It will be hard for me if I can’t use my phone, but I am very scared about the vaccine,” a Pakistani told France24.com earlier...