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The Italian government has scrapped fines on people who refused to get mandatory COVID-19 jabs, it said in a statement late on Monday, after they were introduced to boost vaccinations with the country struggling to curb the pandemic.
Italy has been one of the country’s hardest hit by the pandemic, which was discovered in early 2020, recording over 190,000 deaths, according to World Health Organization figures.
Mario Draghi, the predecessor