Human rights group Amnesty International urged Italy to change tough anti-COVID restrictions to avoid discrimination against unvaccinated people.
In a recent decree Mario Draghi’s government made COVID-19 vaccination mandatory for everyone over the age of 50 and for use of public transport and a range of other services.
Amnesty International asked for the provision of alternative measures, including the use of masks and COVID-19 testing, to allow the unvaccinated population to continue to go to work and to use public transport “without discrimination,” the group said in a statement issued late on Saturday (Jan. 15).
Under current rules, which will run until June 15, wearing a mask and having a negative SARS-CoV-2 test is not sufficient to access public transportation or, for people over the age of 50, to their workplaces.