Doctors in South Korea have threatened a protest strike against legislation to strip them of licences following criminal convictions, sparking fears about possible disruption of a coronavirus vaccination effort set to begin this week, Reuters reports.

Over the weekend, the Korean Medical Association, the largest grouping of doctors, said it would go on strike if parliament passed the bill to revoke the licences of doctors getting jail terms.

Association president Choi Dae-zip has called the bill “cruel”, saying its passage into law would “destroy” current cooperation with the government to treat the virus and carry out the vaccine campaign.

A medical worker checks the doors inside the Mobile Clinic Module outside Korea Cancer Centre Hospital in Seoul, South Korea, January 8. — Reuters
A medical worker checks the doors inside the Mobile Clinic Module outside Korea Cancer Centre Hospital in Seoul, South Korea, January 8. — Reuters

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