(ANSA) - ROME, SEP 10 - Civil Service Minister Renato
Brunetta said Friday that the Green Pass COVID-19 vaccine
passport will be obligatory for all workers in Italy eventually.
"The Green Pass is brilliant because it increases the psychic
and monetary costs the opportunists who are against the vaccine
face," Brunetta said.
"In the future it must be valid also for employment in the
public and private sector".
The green certificate, which shows that someone is vaccinated
for the coronavirus, has recovered from it or has recently
tested negative, is necessary to do many things in Italy, such
travel abroad or on high-speed trains, attend certain events and
to be able to sit at a table inside bars and restaurants.
All school and higher education staff must have it, as well as
university students.
So anyone who does not want to be vaccinated for COVID-19 but
wants to do a wide range of activities is forced to regularly
fork out to have coronavirus tests to obtain the Green Pass.
Brunetta said the Green Pass should also be introduced for
people who use public and private services.
Premier Mario Draghi's government had been expected to further
extend the scope of the Green Pass this week to make it
obligatory for public sector workers and perhaps private ones
too.
But this has been put on hold, given the reservations of Matteo
Salvini's League and due to some technical issues that need to
be solved. (ANSA).
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