Two senators from the ruling
5-Star Movement (M5S) and Northern League parties on Friday
proposed a bill making vaccines mandatory only in the event of
healthcare emergencies.
Under the proposed legislation signed by M5S Senator Stefano
Patuanelli and his League colleague Massimiliano Romeo,
extraordinary intervention plans making one or more vaccines
mandatory for certain age groups or health professionals will be
possible only in the event of emergencies with the objective of
maintaining safe levels of coverage.
The proposed measure provides for fines ranging from 100 to
500 euros for those who do not abide by such extraordinary
measures.
On Thursday, Health Minister Giulia Grillo announced that the
government coalition was presenting a bill to make the
obligation for children to be vaccinated to have access to State
schools flexible, pushing for a "method of recommendation".
The method, she said, featured "flexible obligation measures
at the local level, and therefore, also in the regions and towns
where there are low vaccination coverage levels or epidemic
emergencies".
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