Australia will satisfy parents who do not vaccinate their children – International

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05/07/2018 28 Australian dollars a fortnight will lose those who do not vaccinate their children. It will also reduce taxes for those who join vaccination campaigns.

The Australian government has decided to fine the anti-vaccine movement with a fine for parents who do not vaccinate their children. Parents who do not vaccinate their children will lose tax benefits at a rate of A $ 28 (US $ 29) a fortnight.

Up to now, an annual penalty of 737 Australian dollars has been applied. The biweekly fine is almost equivalent to this annual figure but serves, according to the authorities, as a "constant reminder" under the program "No Jab, no salary" ("No punctures, no payment") . Those who earn over A $ 80 a day will have to pay more if they do not follow the vaccination schedule.

The decision responds to the multi-involvement of conscientious objectors, who went from 0.23% of the population in 1999 to be 1.77 in 2014, according to Parliament. "Immunization is the surest way to protect children from vaccine-preventable diseases," said Social Services Minister Dan Tehan, who championed the official initiative. "Parents who do not immunize their children are risking their own children and also the children of other people," added the official.

The anti-vaccine movement is opposed to the measles outbreak detected in the European Union, where there have been 19,000 cases in the last two years, with 46 deaths. 86 percent of those affected had not been vaccinated. In the UK, there were 643 so far in 2018, slowing to 274 over the last year.

Countries like Italy and France have established mandatory vaccination of children under six and two years old respectively. In the French case, eight mandatory vaccines were added to the three originals.

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