Philippines president Duterte says ‘You choose, Covid vaccine or I will have you jailed’

The president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte has said that he will jail people who refuse the Covid vaccination, as the country battles one of Asia’s worst outbreaks.

Speaking in a televised address on Monday, Mr Duterte said: “You choose, vaccine or I will have you jailed.”

He later gave his reasoning saying: “If you are a person who is not vaccinated, you are a potential carrier.”

The announcement comes as the number of cases of coronavirus in the Philippines has hit a cumulative total of more than 1.3 million cases and 23,000 deaths.