The mother of a seven-year-old
girl suspected to have contracted tetanus after failing to be
vaccinated declined to comment on the case Monday.
"My daughter's ill, I don't feel like talking," the mother
said at Turin's Regina Margherita Hospital where her daughter
was said to be "reacting" to treatment but still on the critical
list.
Tests at the city's Molinette Hospital will establish whether
the girl, who has suffered tetanus-like convulsions, is indeed
suffering from the disease.
Piedmont health chief Antonio Saitta stressed the "absolute
necessity" of vaccinating kids, saying it was an "act of
responsibility towards children and communities".
The government recently made 10 vaccinations compulsory for
school admission.
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