Following the ruling party, the opposition party will also push for a bill to expand the NIP range of HPV (human papilloma virus) vaccines from girls to boys. Currently, the target of HPV vaccine NIP is 12-year-old girls, and the legislative goal is to prevent diseases caused by HPV such as cervical cancer by expanding them to "11-year-old and 12-year-old children" regardless of gender.

On the 13th, Rep. Baek Jong-heon of the People Power Party announced that he had proposed a "partial amendment to the Infectious Disease Prevention and Management Act." Rep. Baek submitted the bill on the 8th. HPV is the main cause of cervical cancer, and the most effective way to prevent cervical cancer is HPV vaccinati