https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The WHO's European director warned Friday that the Covid-19 pandemic won't end until at least 70 percent of people are vaccinated, and criticised Europe's vaccine rollout as "too slow". https://www.thelocal.it/20210529/pandemic-wont-be-over-until-70-percent-are-vaccinated-who-director Sat, 29 May 2021 14:50:51 +0200 pandemic-wont-be-over-until-70-percent-are-vaccinated-who-director The World Health Organization on Thursday slammed Europe's vaccine rollout as "unacceptably slow" and said it was prolonging the pandemic as the region sees a "worrying" surge in coronavirus infections. https://www.thelocal.it/20210401/europes-slow-vaccine-rollout-is-prolonging-the-pandemic-as-infections-surge Thu, 01 Apr 2021 17:58:27 +0200 europes-slow-vaccine-rollout-is-prolonging-the-pandemic-as-infections-surge A row is erupting over vaccines in Italy as the country's new populist government fights to roll back a law that bans children from attending school if they haven't received a series of jabs. https://www.thelocal.it/20180811/vaccine-row-erupts-in-italy-as-populist-govt-seeks-to-ease-rules Sat, 11 Aug 2018 11:08:24 +0200 vaccine-row-erupts-in-italy-as-populist-govt-seeks-to-ease-rules Parents in Italy will no longer need to provide medical evidence that their children have received ten mandatory vaccinations in order to enrol them at a state primary school, the Health Minister said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20180706/mandatory-vaccinations-italian-parents-will-no-longer-need-to-provide-doctors-note Fri, 06 Jul 2018 13:08:48 +0200 mandatory-vaccinations-italian-parents-will-no-longer-need-to-provide-doctors-note A ten-month-old baby boy has died of complications linked to measles at Catania’s Garibaldi hospital. https://www.thelocal.it/20180406/10-month-old-babys-death-linked-to-measles Fri, 06 Apr 2018 19:28:26 +0200 10-month-old-babys-death-linked-to-measles Pro-vaccine medics have called for the latest edition of the popular doll Cicciobello, which suffers from measles that can be cured with cream and plasters, to be withdrawn. https://www.thelocal.it/20180405/pro-vaccine-medics-call-for-measles-doll-to-be-withdrawn Thu, 05 Apr 2018 13:22:13 +0200 pro-vaccine-medics-call-for-measles-doll-to-be-withdrawn Prosecutors in Turin are considering charging a couple with injury by negligence after they failed to vaccinate their daughter against tetanus and she went on to contract the infection. https://www.thelocal.it/20180207/italian-parents-investigated-unvaccinated-child-catches-tetanus Wed, 07 Feb 2018 16:24:34 +0100 italian-parents-investigated-unvaccinated-child-catches-tetanus Children who have not received compulsory vaccinations will still be able to attend school in Rome, city mayor Virginia Raggi said on Thursday in a letter to the Italian Health Ministry. https://www.thelocal.it/20180202/rome-mayor-virginia-raggi-vaccinations-school-health Fri, 02 Feb 2018 12:50:23 +0100 rome-mayor-virginia-raggi-vaccinations-school-health There were almost 5,000 cases of measles in Italy last year, and four people died of the disease, according to newly-released data from the Italian health ministry. https://www.thelocal.it/20180126/measles-cases-increased-almost-six-fold-in-2017-as-two-parties-pledge-to-abolish-compulsory-vaccines Fri, 26 Jan 2018 12:48:23 +0100 measles-cases-increased-almost-six-fold-in-2017-as-two-parties-pledge-to-abolish-compulsory-vaccines A man was placed under house arrest on Monday for allegedly punching a doctor because he believes a vaccination caused his child's illness. https://www.thelocal.it/20170801/anti-vaccine-protester-punches-doctor-after-hotly-contested-law-gets-approved Tue, 01 Aug 2017 13:03:28 +0200 anti-vaccine-protester-punches-doctor-after-hotly-contested-law-gets-approved Italy’s top court has ruled against a claim for damages from a father who argued his son’s autism was caused by the polio vaccine, Sabin. https://www.thelocal.it/20170725/italys-top-court-rules-out-autism-link-in-vaccine-case Tue, 25 Jul 2017 17:28:41 +0200 italys-top-court-rules-out-autism-link-in-vaccine-case A 10-year-old boy in Sardinia has been diagnosed with tetanus. https://www.thelocal.it/20170629/childs-tetanus-case-is-first-in-30-years Thu, 29 Jun 2017 12:17:12 +0200 childs-tetanus-case-is-first-in-30-years Several regions in northern Italy are challenging a recently passed law which made 12 vaccinations mandatory for children starting at state school. https://www.thelocal.it/20170614/two-italian-regions-are-challenging-a-law-making-child-vaccines-mandatory Wed, 14 Jun 2017 14:24:22 +0200 two-italian-regions-are-challenging-a-law-making-child-vaccines-mandatory Italy's cabinet on Friday approved a law making vaccinations compulsory for children starting at state schools. https://www.thelocal.it/20170512/italy-vaccinations-compulsory-children-school-health Fri, 12 May 2017 19:14:12 +0200 italy-vaccinations-compulsory-children-school-health The number of measles cases in Italy has tripled this year, largely because parents are not getting children vaccinated due to spurious health scares, the health ministry said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20170317/threefold-increase-in-measles-cases-as-anti-vaccine-movement-grows-in-italy Fri, 17 Mar 2017 15:11:25 +0100 threefold-increase-in-measles-cases-as-anti-vaccine-movement-grows-in-italy Children who haven't received their vaccinations will not be allowed to attend nursery in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna, following a ruling by the regional council on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20161123/non-vaccinated-children-cant-attend-nursery-italian-court Wed, 23 Nov 2016 16:19:24 +0100 non-vaccinated-children-cant-attend-nursery-italian-court