Italy to Make Vaccine Passport Mandatory for All Workers: Official

Tourists guides stage a protest in front of Rome's Pantheon, Tuesday, June 9, 2020, asking for government aid after more than three months of travel restriction due to coronavirus have canceled tourism throughout the country. Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse via AP

Italy’s government is readying a mandate that will make it required for all workers to have a COVID-19 “green pass,” a type of vaccine passport, officials said Thursday.

“We are heading towards a mandatory green pass not only for public sector workers but also private sector ones,” Regional Affairs Minister Mariastella Gelmini was quoted as saying by The Local on Wednesday. “The vaccine is the only weapon we have against COVID and we can only contain infections by vaccinating the large majority of the population,” she said.