Germany will introduce a bill to fine parents who refuse to vaccinate their child against measles.
Faced with the growing epidemics of measles, our German neighbor will propose a bill which should pass in parliament the week Main measure, to make compulsory the vaccine against measles for children.
Those in charge of kindergartens should notify health authorities if parents do not follow vaccination advice. Reluctant parents risk a fine of 2,500 euros. “No one can be indifferent to the fact that people continue to die from measles. That is why we are tightening up the regulations on vaccination, ”announced German Health Minister Hermann Groehe.
Similar measures in Italy
Germany is not the only country in Europe to employ such drastic preventive health measures. Last week, Italy also decided to make vaccination against measles compulsory.
From now on, no child can be enrolled in nursery or school without an up-to-date vaccination record. Parents who do not obey the law when their children turn six (the age at which schooling becomes compulsory) will face heavy fines.
This new law does not apply only to measles, however, since the Italian government has decided to extend the compulsory vaccine system to 12 (polio, tetanus, diphtheria, hepatitis B, rubella, mumps etc.)
France: 134 cases of measles detected in early 2017
According to European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), 1,500 cases of measles were recorded in Europe in January and February 2017. This is twice as many as last year for the same period. In France, 134 cases were detected from January to March 2017, i.e. three times more than from January to March 2016.
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