Vaccine cover is improving in Italy
after 10 vaccinations were made compulsory for school entry but
10 Italian regions are still under the required standard, the
health ministry said Tuesday.
Eleven out of 21 Italian regions have reached the goal of
immunizing at least 95% of their newborn children, the report
said.
But the national figure is slightly lower, at 94.%%, pulled
down by traditionally 'skeptical' areas like Bolzano, but also
by Friuli and Sicily, the report said.
Vaccinations against measles were 4% up across Italy but half
the regions were behind on the polio vaccinations, the report
said.
photo: Health Minister Beatrice Lorenzin
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