{"id":136987,"date":"2021-09-10T08:43:56","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T12:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=136987"},"modified":"2021-09-10T08:44:17","modified_gmt":"2021-09-10T12:44:17","slug":"pm-on-mandatory-vaccination-the-time-has-come-for-us-to-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/pm-on-mandatory-vaccination-the-time-has-come-for-us-to-act\/","title":{"rendered":"PM on Mandatory vaccination: The Time has come for us to act"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-546904196\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  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