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Italy: Senator suspended due to missing corona passport

2021-10-19T19:34:21.926Z


In Italy, Senator Laura Granato has been expelled from parliament. She did not want to show her Green Pass at the entrance. This has been mandatory at work since Friday.


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Employees of the port terminal in Genoa, Italy, protest against the Corona pass (symbolic image)

Photo: Luca Zennaro / dpa

An Italian senator has been temporarily suspended for refusing to show the mandatory health passport in the Senate.

51-year-old Laura Granato wanted to attend a parliamentary session on Tuesday, but was expelled from the house because she did not want to provide evidence of a vaccination, a negative corona test or a recent recovery from Covid-19.

Since Friday, only those who can show their health passport have been allowed to go to work in Italy.

The regulation is the strictest of its kind in Europe.

Anyone who comes to work without the so-called green pass risks fines of up to 1500 euros.

Those who stay away from work can expect unpaid leave.

The costs for corona tests are normally to be borne by yourself.

Green passport is a "certificate of obedience"

Senator Granato is an outspoken opponent of the Green Pass.

It is a "certificate of obedience," said the former member of the five-star movement on Tuesday.

She now has to waive the daily allowance that she is normally entitled to as a senator for ten days.

According to the Ministry of Health in Rome, more than 85 percent of Italians over the age of twelve have now received at least one corona vaccination.

However, it is estimated that up to three million workers are still unvaccinated.

kfr / AFP

Source: spiegel

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