Covid-19: Italy makes vaccination mandatory for healthcare workers
Marta Paterlini
Abstract
Italy has become the first country in Europe to make vaccination against covid-19 mandatory for healthcare workers, as its government approved an emergency decree on 1 April to contain a third wave of the disease. Health professionals who refuse to have the vaccine will have the option to be transferred to duties that do not risk spreading the virus or to be suspended without pay for as much as a year. Italy is one of the European countries to have been hit hardest by covid-19, with over 3.5 million cases and 108 839 (3%) deaths.1 Several …
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