Italy bans unvaccinated children from public schools

By Daniel Jativa

Published March 12, 2019 5:06pm ET

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Italy bans unvaccinated children from public schools — Rambo Islas, 8 months, is held by his mother Maria Islas, as he gets a shot for a vaccine administered by RN, Nicole Ives at the Dallas County Health & Human Services immunization clinic in Dallas on Friday, March 8, 2019. | (Vernon Bryant/AP)

Italy has banned unvaccinated children from returning to public school.

Parents who send their unvaccinated child to school are subject to a 500 euro fine, roughly $565 USD, for putting the health of their peers in jeopardy. The law stipulated that schoolchildren must receive vaccinations for 10 diseases, including chickenpox, polio, measles, mumps, and rubella.

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