Former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton called British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, on Sunday, to mandate vaccines and sack those refusing jabs.
Clinton spoke on the BBC’s Andrew Marr show in which she affirmed that it was “imperative” that Johnson “do what he can to stop the rise in Covid in the UK”.
During her visit to the UK to promote her novel, Clinton asserted that Johnson did not need to “shut society down”; however, he need to mandate vaccines – introduce vaccine passports for clubs restaurants, and employers.
“Part of what we’ve done in New York is all of the big health systems, hospitals, and the like, they have mandated vaccines. For example, one very large one, 77,000 employees, 1,000 refused to get vaccinated. They were fired," she said.
Moreover, the former secretary noted that it is clear that they are not going to go back to lockdown, but if people don’t get vaccinated, there will be some problems here in the UK as the weather gets colder and people are forced back inside again.
On Friday, Johnson said a new COVID-19 lockdown is not on the cards, as advisers warned that acting early with lighter measures to cut rising case numbers would reduce the need for tougher restrictions later.
The British government has affirmed that there is no need yet to introduce a "Plan B" involving mask mandates, work-from-home orders, and vaccine passports, though such measures could be introduced if more people do not come forward for COVID-19 vaccines and booster shots.
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