The Citizen (KZN)

Vaccinate your kid or cough up

- Berlin

– Germany will pass a law next week obliging kindergart­ens to inform the authoritie­s if parents fail to provide evidence that they have received advice from their doctor on vaccinatin­g their children, the health ministry said yesterday.

Parents refusing the advice risk fines of €2 500 (R36 000) under the law.

Vaccinatio­n rules are being tightened across Europe, where a decline in immunisati­on has caused a spike in diseases such as measles and chicken pox.

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