Health workers in Belgium who don’t want to get vaccinated against Covid-19 will face losing their jobs, reports AP.

Amid a surge of new coronavirus cases that has led hospitals to reserve half of their intensive care unit beds for Covid-19 patients, Belgium’s federal government has finalised a draft bill to make vaccination of healthcare workers mandatory.

Starting from January 1, they will have a three-month window to get their shots. During that period, those who remain unvaccinated will be notified of a suspension of their contract unless they can provide a certificate of recovery from Covid-19 or negative tests on a regular basis, and will be temporarily unemployed. From April, workers without a proper justification for their refusal could be dismissed.