ROME (LifeSiteNews) – After more than two years of some of the strictest COVID restrictions in the world, Italy has dropped jab mandates for health workers and teachers under conservative Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
HUGE NEWS
Today all unvaccinated health care workers are allowed to return to work in Italy after the new right-wing government scrapped the vaccine mandates.
Freedom is winning.
— PeterSweden (@PeterSweden7) November 2, 2022
On November 1, the new Meloni government approved its first package of measures relating to ending COVID regulations.
The new Minister of Health Orazio Schillaci said that part of the reason why unvaccinated health workers were allowed back to work was “the worrying shortage of medical and health personnel.”
Meloni expressed that she does not believe it was good to politicize medication or illness. For this reason mandates have been proven to be ineffective.
She said it was wrong that vaccines and mandates became “an electoral campaign issue.”
RELATED: Italy’s new government says it will reinstate unvaxxed doctors, cancel fines for COVID jab mandates
The new government has been smeared by the left as “fascist” and “far-right,” however Meloni herself has stated she is committed to personal liberty under the Italian constitutional framework.
The move to end jab mandates has sparked criticism of leftist politicos for their insistence on continuing mandates which override a person’s right to bodily autonomy and conscience.
After just 4 days in office, @GiorgiaMeloni the new prime minister of Italy 🇮🇹, abolished all vaccine mandates that were in place.
Remember how all the woke liberals said she is a fascist? Well, she respects people’s rights more than all those hypocrites 👏 pic.twitter.com/TIHIuqN4rt
— Dr. Eli David (@DrEliDavid) October 29, 2022
Meloni’s rise to prominence was seen as a surprise to some international observers. Italy has seen a pendulum swing back to a right-wing majority in the electorate after years of oppressive and heavy-handed COVID measures.