Status: 10.10.2021 1:12 a.m.
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Protests against the Italian government’s corona vaccination policy led to clashes between demonstrators and police in Rome. These had tried to advance to the official residence of Prime Minister Draghi.
Thousands of people demonstrated in Rome against an extensive compulsory vaccination for workers in Italy. After the authorized rally in the Piazza Del Popolo in Rome, there were violent clashes with the police.
After initially peaceful protests, demonstrators attacked the police.
Image: dpa
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Right-wing groups were also among the demonstrators. Several hundred demonstrators apparently tried to get to the Chigi Palace, the official residence of Prime Minister Mario Draghi. The police stopped the demonstrators with water cannons and batons. The public service broadcaster reported at least one injured person.
Extensive restrictions without vaccination
In Italy, starting next Friday, all employees with the “green passport” will have to show a corona vaccination, recovery or a negative test if they are going to work. Otherwise there is a risk of sanctions. Anyone who stays away from work because they cannot produce the document can expect to be suspended. Tests are only free for people who cannot get vaccinated for health reasons.
The corona passport requirement affects around 23 million employees in Italy. De facto, among adults, only pensioners, the unemployed and housewives and housewives are not affected. So far, the Corona pass had to be presented in the interiors of restaurants, cinemas or sports stadiums, on intercity trains, buses and on domestic flights.
According to the Ministry of Health, almost 80 percent of the Italian population over the age of twelve has been fully vaccinated so far.
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