Giovanni Rezza, the head of the
infectious diseases department of Italy's Higher Health
Institute (ISS), said Monday that the goal of a government
decree making vaccinations obligatory for admission to public
nurseries and schools has been achieved.
"We have over 95% of children vaccinated for the six-in-one
vaccine, so the threshold that makes it possible to have
collected immunity has been reached," Rezza said.
"We've had an increase of about 6% for the measles (vaccine)
so we are close to that threshold in this case too.
"The numbers show that vaccinations have increased and this
was the objective of the decree, not to punish parents who fail
to comply.
"Vaccines, above all, are a right".
A deadline for parents to have their children compliant with
the law passed at the weekend.
Last week it was estimated that around 30,000 children are
not in compliance with the law.
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