Under the new government, Italy is making a U-turn in its approach to the coronavirus. For example, unvaccinated doctors who have violated the obligation to vaccinate health workers until the end of 2022 and have been suspended, would be allowed to work again. The corona measures are also being relaxed in other areas, the new health minister Orazio Schillaci said on Friday.
The government under Giorgia Meloni plans to drop mask requirements in hospitals from next Tuesday (November 1), one of the last anti-pandemic restrictions in Italy. “Today the disease is very different from before and that is why we are gradually making sure that there is more freedom,” said the new Minister of Health.
“Back to Normality”
In addition, the daily report on the number of infected and corona patients in Italian hospitals will be replaced by a weekly report. “We have to find our way back to normalcy,” Minister Schillaci said in a broadcast.
The health minister said he supports Meloni’s plan for a parliamentary inquiry into how Italy is dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic. Among other things, it is necessary to check whether public funds have been legally spent on fighting the pandemic.
Lega wants to abolish punishment for unvaccinated people
The right-wing ruling party Lega is now pushing for the abolition of the 100 euro fine imposed on unvaccinated Italians over 50 years of age. Many vaccine opponents, whose ticket has fluttered into their homes in recent months, have refused to pay the fine.
On Wednesday, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who was critical of Covid-19-related restrictions during her time in opposition, said many of the decisions made during the pandemic had no scientific basis. “Science is not a religion,” said the legal politician.
“Measures not scientific”
“I agree with the recognition of the value of science. What we disagreed with previous governments is that the measures taken were not scientifically sound,” Meloni said in a Senate speech on Wednesday night.
Source: Krone
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