In Italy, compulsory vaccination has recently been reintroduced for children up to 16 years of age.
In Italy, compulsory vaccination has recently been reintroduced for children up to 16 years of age and parents who fail to prove that they have done so in the next six months risk a fine of 500 euros. There are also other sanctions, as we learn from our correspondent in Italy, Elena Postelnicu.
Correspondence from Rome – Reporter: Elena Postelnicu – A few days from the ringing of the bell in Italian schools, over 600 thousand children and adolescents do not even have half of the 10 mandatory vaccines. This on a total of 6.5 million children up to 16 years.
Suspended in 1999, the law that obliges parents to vaccinate schoolchildren was reintroduced in Italy this summer. Parents have until March 10, 2018 to carry out these vaccinations, otherwise they risk fines of 500 euros, while the child will not be able to go to school or kindergarten. For the first experimental year, educational institutions accept a simple certificate stating that adults have requested a polyclinic or hospital to carry out these vaccines upon student enrollment until 10 September.
According to statistics published by the World Health Organization, only Italy and Romania record 48% of measles cases, from the entire territory of the European Union.
