Carrot and soft stick can push along vaccination drive


PETALING JAYA: One way to get anti-vaxxers to change their stand is to make them pay for regular Covid-19 testing, researchers have suggested.

A study involving 1,307 Malaysian adults found those unvaccinated for Covid-19 might be convinced to get jabbed if they were compelled to pay for tests on a fortnightly basis.

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