Italy's vaccine mandate for the over 50s has spurred over 40,000 anti-vaxxers to get the COVID-19 jab since it was introduced on Monday, figures showed Wednesday.
Over the last two days, some 41,500 Italian anti-vaxxers have had their first jab, they showed.
These included 19,000 on Monday and 22,500 Tuesday.
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