Sanctions for not vaccinating 'for ideology' -Lorenzin (4)

(ANSA) - Rome, February 28 - Parents who don't vaccinate their children for ideological reasons will face sanctions, Health Minister Beatrice Lorenzin said Wednesday. Italy has made 10 vaccinations compulsory for school admissions. "The only families who will be sanctioned will be those who have decided not to vaccinate their children for ideological reasons," she said.
    "We must ensure the safety of all children," she said.
    A deadline for presenting vaccination certificates falls on March 10.
    "The law will be rigorously applied. Those who thought we weren't serious were grossly mistaken". Members of the 'no vax' anti-vaccines movement on Wednesday evening halted a book presentation by Lorenzin. No vax militants got into the hall where Lorenzin was presenting her book, For Health and For Justice, and shouted insults against the minister and vaccinations. "How much will they give you to kill children?" and "Leave our kids alone" were some of the slogans shouted. Lorenzin stressed how science in Italy has become a "provocation" and said she would sue for slander.
    There have been several no vax protests against the health ministry's ordinance.