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Italy, lasts against anti-vaccines: extends the mandatory health pass to 15 million workers

2021-09-16T18:09:38.247Z


It affects public and private. If they do not get vaccinated, they will have to be tested and pay for swabs. It would start in October.


Julio Algañaraz

09/16/2021 2:31 PM

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Updated 09/16/2021 2:31 PM

The Italian government decided to extend from October 15 to 15 million public and private workers

the obligation of the Health Passport

that must be shown in the workplace with the proof of vaccinations against the coronavirus.

The measure aims to contrast nine million people who have not yet been vaccinated, forcing those who resist to undergo the inoculations, especially those of the so-called

“no vac” movement.

The absence of the Health Passport

will be punished with fines

ranging from 400 to 1,000 euros (about $ 1,176).

Whoever comes to work without the green card

must retire

 and after a total of five days of unexcused absence, they may be suspended without receiving their salary.

The unions have demanded that workers in these conditions

not be fired

, but it is not known what will happen to those who cannot work because they do not have a Health Passport.

It is in this certificate that one has been vaccinated.

A woman shows her health pass in a pizzeria in Rome.

Photo: Reuters

It is likely that the government has given until October 15 to implement the mandatory system and give time to those who are not vaccinated to at least

inoculate the first dose

, which would allow them to return to work.

But after the period of

three or four weeks

established, the second dose should also be inoculated and thus complete the complete cycle.

Of the 15 million workers,

 4.2 million are not vaccinated

, the majority in the private sector.

It is on them that the pressure is concentrated.

This Thursday, the Gimbe Foundation announced that in the last week

all the indicators of the pandemic have fallen

, which is good news because fall begins next week and the first colds are already being felt in parts of the peninsula.

In a report, the Gimbe Foundation pointed out that milder inpatients and intensive care are found in hospitals "almost exclusively unvaccinated people."

The Health Ministry announced that 75.8% of

Italians over 12 years of age

have received vaccinations, while the percentage of 40.4 million fully immunized out of a population of 60 million reaches 68.3%.

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The government hopes to reach 80% of those vaccinated over the age of 12 in the next few days, the central objective with which the massive campaign was launched a few months ago in 2,850 centers throughout the country.

This Thursday, they announced that

the goal of 80%

was achieved by three regions: Lazio, with the capital Rome;

Lombardy, with the capital Milan, and Veneto, with the capital Venice.

A country punished


Italy was the first European country to suffer the onslaught of the pandemic, as of February 21, 2020 and has been severely punished.

Two days ago it exceeded 130 thousand deaths.

Despite the optimistic news, many still fear a new stampede of the fourth wave that began in June, which

ruined the summer

, as a result of the high contagious capacity of the Delta variant that totally dominates the spread of the virus.

The government of Prime Minister Mario Draghi appears determined to keep

its guard up

.

The resumption of the educational year, from kindergartens to universities, has set many people in motion and, it is feared, also the spread of the virus.

The classes


In five days there have already been a few

hundred infections

in schools, which are still few in relation to 400 thousand primary and secondary classes.


But the organization in schools and colleges

is very strong

.

As soon as a case of contagion

is registered, the patient and his fellow neighbors are isolated and

the health mechanisms are put into operation.

In schools, colleges and universities Health Passport is mandatory

for teachers, professors and non -

teaching staff

.

If a relative wants to enter the school, they must show their green card in order.

The same in universities, where the obligation extends to students.

The green pass in action in Milan.

Photo: AP

"The Health Passport is the best weapon we have now, after vaccinations, to control the epidemic," said the Minister of Regional Affairs, Mariastella Gelmini, who is in charge of monitoring anti-Covid activities.

The green pass is already mandatory in Italy in public places.

It is required in bars, restaurants, museums, cinemas, theaters, sporting events, long-distance trains, ships, airplanes, taxis.

In the metropolitan public transport, the methodology is under discussion to make it work without causing a great disorder in the operation of buses, subways and other means of public transport where crowds of people are common.

This Thursday,

5,117 infections and 67 deaths

were registered

.

In total 131,167.

4128 Covid patients are admitted to hospitals and in intensive care, there are 540 seriously ill patients.

They are reassuring results due to the number of patients, very far from alarm levels.

On the other hand, also this Thursday

the third dose

began to be applied in Italy

.

The Lazio region began to apply the booster vaccination to

frail patients

, those with immune problems, cancer patients and other disabling diseases.

People wait after being vaccinated in Rome.

Photo: Reuters

The third dose will then be extended

to those over 80

who have been vaccinated more than six months ago and to health personnel throughout the country.

The new booster dose will later be extended to all those already vaccinated throughout the country and the entire population of 60 million inhabitants will have to be inoculated again.

"But we have no alternative, the third dose gives much greater protection when after six months

the

body's

defenses begin to decline

," Minister Gelmini explained.

The specialist Gianni Rezza, director of Prevention of the Ministry of Health, said that "we will not easily free ourselves from the SarsCov2 coronavirus, but in the future we have to be ready to face

new pandemics

due to unknown pathogens."

"The next pandemic could originate from a flu virus or a different agent," Rezza added.

"It is necessary to prepare pandemic plans against these viruses and others with a broader spectrum, making treasure of what we have learned from Covid-19."

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