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Added on the 06/08/2021 16:41:08 - Copyright : Euronews EN
Italy is to make a Covid-19 "Green Pass" mandatory for public and private sector workers, a minister said on Wednesday, becoming the first European country to do so as it tries to accelerate vaccination rates and stamp out infections. FRANCE 24's Seema Gupta tells us more.
The prices of the health certificates ranged from €100 to €500, with discounts offered for those purchasing multiple certificates, such as the "family package".
Rome, Oct 15 (EFE).- Italy’s main ports were operational on Friday despite the strikes called in several cities to protest the entry into force of the mandatory Covid pass for all of the country’s workers.In the northwestern city of Genoa, where the biggest problems were expected, the port's operations, while reduced, were not compromised by the anti-vaccine workers’ protests. (Camera: ALVARO PADILLA)SHOT LIST: PROTEST AGAINST THE MANDATORY COVID PASS IN ROME, ITALY.
Thousands have demonstrated over COVID passes being made mandatory for employees to enter their workplaces.
Italy on Thursday made its anti-Covid "green pass" obligatory for all employees, in a bid to boost vaccine rates ahead of the winter flu season. The law, which will penalise workers who are unvaccinated or do not have proof of a recent negative coronavirus test, is set to come into effect on October 15.