THE Supreme Court has junked the petitions seeking to declare as unconstitutional the various issuances and policies issued by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases in the Philippines , local government units and government agencies imposing mandatory vaccinations against Covid-19.
In its resolution in the cases of G.R. No. 258619 , G.R. No. 258746 , Inc., et al. v. Duque III, et al.) and G.R. No. 260327 , the Court unanimously voted to dismiss the consolidated petitions for violation of the doctrine of hierarchy of courts. IATF Resolution No. 148-B, compels all public and private establishments to require their eligible employees who are tasked to do on-site work to be vaccinated against Covid-19 or else subject themselves to RT-PCR testing every two weeks at their own expense, among others.