“In order to protect public health and maintain adequate safety conditions in the provision of care and assistance services, the vaccination obligation for the prevention of Sars-CoV-2 infection applies to Italian citizens and other States EU members residing in the territory of the State, as well as foreign citizens who have reached the age of 50 “. It is with these words that the latest decree-law approved unanimously by the Council of Ministers (six articles in all) introduces, to thearticle 1, the vaccination obligation for all over 50. The obligation is in force until June 15, 2022.
Exemption or deferral of the obligation only in special cases
The Decree approved by the Council of Ministers provides for the exemption (or deferral) from the obligation “in the event of an ascertained danger to health, in relation to specific documented clinical conditions, certified by the general practitioner or by the vaccinator, in compliance of the circulars of the Ministry of Health on the exemption from vaccination against Sars-CoV-2. For those who are immunized for having contracted the disease, the obligation is only postponed: according to the text “the successful immunization following a natural disease, proven by the notification made by the attending physician – determines the postponement of the vaccination”.
From 15 February over 50 to work only with Super pass
Article 1 also provides for an extension of the use of vaccination and recovery certificates in the workplace. In practice, starting from February 15, 2022, public and private workers, including judicial workers and magistrates, who have turned 50, to go to work will have to show the Super Green pass, which is obtained with the vaccine or with healing from Covid.
Over 50 without Super pass no salary but remains place
Workers over 50 who present themselves at the workplace without having a Super Green pass will be considered “unjustified absentees, without disciplinary consequences and with the right to retain the employment relationship, until the presentation” of the green certificate. Access to workplaces without a certificate attesting vaccine or recovery is “forbidden” and those who do not respect the prohibition will suffer an administrative sanction between 600 and 1,500 euros.
Thus access to banks and shops
The Legislative Decree passed by the Council of Ministers regulatesarticle 2, the extension of the use of vaccination and recovery certificates. In summary, until 31 March 2022 to access “personal services” such as hairdressing but also for “public offices, postal, banking and financial services, commercial activities, except for those necessary to ensure the fulfillment of essential and primary needs of the person “it will be enough to be in possession of the basic Green pass, the one that is also obtained with the swab, as well as for vaccine or recovery.