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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.
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.
taly 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. FRANCE 24's Seema Gupta reports from Rome.
The move aims to improve vaccine uptake and reduce the infection rate amid a potential surge in COVID-19 cases this winter.
The Green Pass, which is an extension of the EU's digital COVID certificate, contains a QR code with the personal information of every citizen.
Thousands of traumatised Syrians leave the rebel enclave of Aleppo as the UN Security Council votes to deploy observers to the battered city to monitor the evacuations.
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