COVID emergency commissioner
Francesco Figliuolo has said 80% of Italians over the age of 12
will be vaccinated by the end of September.
Meanwhile the government's CTS technical committee will examine
on Friday a request to extend the Green Pass vaccine passport
for up to a year.
Health Minister Roberto Speranza said he was convinced the CTS
will say yes and said he thought the third COVID dose will also
start being given starting with the most vulnerable categories:
the immuno-depressed, those who have had transplants and the
over 80s.
The national bioethics panel said yes to making vaccines
obligatory, at least for people carrying out public services.
"If you want to be in society and not stay shut up at home you
need to get vaccinated," panel chair Maurizio Mori told ANSA.
There have been 6,076 new cases of COVID-19 in Italy in the last
24 hours, and 60 more victims of the virus, the health ministry
said Tuesday. That compares to 4,168 new cases and 44 more
victims Monday.
The positivity rate is down from 4.11% to 2.28%.
Conductors are to return to Italian buses to check that people
are wearing face masks and respecting other COVID rules,
Transport and Infrastructure Minister Enrico Giovannini told
Rainews24 Tuesday.
He said enforcing the virus safety rules was "crucial". The
conductors will also have to make sure that people are socially
distancing and that buses are only 80% full, at most. On vaccine
passports for drivers, the minister said this was a "complex
matter that is being discussed".
Giovannini is set to meet regional officials on the issue
Thursday morning.
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