While the 5Star Movement and the League are united in their pledge to not force parents to inoculate their kids, they’ve so far been unable to forge a policy that satisfies both public health concerns and their populist base. [...]
A persistent measles outbreak is complicating the government’s effort to unwind Italy’s compulsory vaccination law after the country recorded the second highest number of new infections among EU countries in 2018.
The 2017 Lorenzin decree, named after former Health Minister Beatrice Lorenzin, made 10 vaccines mandatory for children between 0 and 16. It mandated children between 0 and 6 be excluded from day care and kindergartens if their parents don't provide a proof they were vaccinated, and fines for parents of children between 6 and 16 years old. [...]
Italy’s government in February noted the success of its mandatory vaccination plan, saying that coverage for children increased in the first six months of 2018 compared to the end of 2017. “In several cases the minimum threshold recommended by the World Health Organization of 95 percent has been reached and exceeded,” the health ministry said.
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