7 hours agoItaly makes vaccine passport mandatory
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)Italy will become the first European country to make the passport system mandatory for all workers. Under this one should provide evidence of vaccine, negative test or evidence that you have recently recovered from COVID-19, or that staff will be suspended free of charge and will face [...]
However, they will not be fired. The law will be implemented for both public and private employees since October 15th, after the Italian government approved the measures Thursday.
Nothing like this has been done in Europe ... we are putting ourselves in the international front,” said Public Administration Minister Renato Brunetta.
Some European Union countries have made it mandatory for health workers to be vaccinated, but none have made the so-called Green Pass, a requirement for all employees.
Unions demanded that tests be free for workers who do not want to be vaccinated, but the government said they would be paid 15 euros. The number of deaths from COVID-19 in Italy is the highest in Europe after the United Kingdom, with more than 130,000 deaths, and was the first country on the continent to enter the deadlock, Skynews reports, broadcast Klonkosva. tv
About 74% of people in Italy have been vaccinated with one dose, and 68% are completely vaccinated.
