Italy May Make COVID-19 Vaccine Shots Compulsory for All: PM

Italy May Make COVID-19 Vaccine Shots Compulsory for All: PM
A woman is being vaccinated against COOVID-19 at a Poliambulatorio Health Canter in the southern Italian Pelagie Island of Lampedusa, on May 15, 2021. Alberto Pizzoli/ AFP via Getty Images
Reuters
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ROME—Italy may eventually make COVID-19 inoculations compulsory for everyone of eligible age, and plans to start administering booster vaccine shots later this month to vulnerable people, Prime Minister Mario Draghi said on Thursday.

The government has already made it mandatory for medical workers to get vaccinated if they want to be paid, but Draghi said everyone may be obliged to get a shot when EU health authorities give full approval to the vaccines.