Paolo Romani and Renato
Brunetta, the Lower House and Senate whips for Silvio
Berlusconi's centre-right Forza Italia party, on Wednesday
appealed to Veneto Governor Luca Zaia to comply with central
government's legislation making vaccines obligatory for school
admission.
"Each additional stall in vaccine coverage represents serious
harm to our community, above all the weakest individuals," the
whips said in a joint statement.
Zaia, a member of the right-wing Northern League, has said
that his regional government has broken no rules after it
granted parents a moratorium until 2019 to present vaccines
documentation for school admission.
The government is considering challenging the move, which
effectively undermines its legislation.
"We went and carefully read the national law and my directors
saw that it's written inside - a moratorium is possible," Zaia
said in an interview published in Wednesday's edition of La
Repubblica.
He added that his executive has launched an appeal to "defend
its own law on vaccines, which has existed for 10 years and
works".
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