Court to deliver ruling on mandatory COVID-19 vaccination this afternoon

High Court Judge Kenyatta Nyirenda is this afternoon expected deliver his ruling on the controversial mandatory COVID-19 vaccination.

Government is proposing to introduce the compulsory vaccination to increase uptake of the pandemic doses to reduce further spread of the virus.

Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) Executive Director Sylvester Namiwa and freelance journalist Mundango Nyirenda are against the move; saying it is tantamount to human rights violations.

They also want the court to determine if their presented issues are constitutional in nature and that public institutions should stop demanding COVID-19 certificates when people want to access their premises.

However, Attorney General Thabo Chakaka Nyirenda argued the claimants had dragged to court wrong parties, among others