There's been plenty of confusion over the rules on compulsory vaccines for children in Italy over the past year or so. After the previous populist government's mind-boggling series of u-turns on the issue, many parents were left unsure of the requirements for children starting school.
And as a result, many children aged under six will not be joining heir classmates for the new school year. Italian news this week is full of reports of schools refusing to admit thousands of children who haven't received their mandatory jabs before attending school, including for chickenpox, polio, measles, mumps, and rubella.
