The Italian government has unanimously decided to make vaccination mandatory for everyone over 50 years old. The obligation applies immediately and for the time being until June 15, Italian media report.
With the measure, the government wants to reduce the pressure on hospitals and limit mortality from corona. Today, the Italian health authorities registered a record number of more than 189,000 positive corona tests.
There was already a vaccination obligation for teachers and health care workers. Since October, all workers had to be vaccinated or cured or be able to show a negative test, also known as 3G. These rules have been further tightened today for people over 50, who are only allowed to come to work if they have been vaccinated.
Slow down contamination curve
“We want to slow down the growth of the infection curve and encourage the Italians who have not yet been vaccinated to do so. We are mainly targeting age groups most at risk of hospitalization to reduce the pressure on hospitals and save lives,” said the prime minister. Mario Draghi.
Italy is one of the few countries in Europe to make vaccination compulsory. Austria previously did that, from February everyone there must be vaccinated from 14 years and older. In Greece, this will apply to people over 60 from 16 January.
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