Vaccine Compensation Regimes In Italy

1. Are COVID-19 vaccinations obligatory in your jurisdiction? Are you expecting any legislative changes to enable mandatory vaccines for all or certain people (e.g. healthcare professionals, public servants, school children, the elderly, frequent travellers)?

The Government does not currently intend to impose mandatory vaccinations. During the course of the campaign, citizen adherence will be measured in order to evaluate whether to impose any obligation.

According to the Vaccine Strategic Plan approved by parliament on 2 December 2020, vaccines will be offered free of charge to the entire population, according to an order of priority, which considers the risk of disease, types of vaccine and their availability. The vaccination campaign began with the inoculations of the following groups: