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Ugandans would face fines, jail terms for refusing Covid-19 jab under new law

Students register and have their temperatures taken at Bukere Secondary School, after schools reopened following the Covid-19 induced shutdown in Kyaka II Refugee Settlement, in Kyegegwa District, Uganda on January 11, 2022. [Reuters]

Uganda plans to impose fines on people who refuse to be vaccinated against Covid-19 and those who fail to pay could be sent to prison under a new public health law that lawmakers are scrutinising, parliament said on Tuesday.

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