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has been from the beginning because remember italy was the first country in the west to be overwhelmed by the pandemic in 2020 and so by being hit first and hardest, the italians have those extremely traumatic memories of the early stages. i think that has been behind the general support for the government. that said, there is an anti—vax movement, it's smaller than in many other countries, and there has been opposition from right—wing parties to the plans to make vaccination is compulsory across the board. that was watered down, it's now compulsory for the over 50s and also people will have to take tests or show a negative test or show proof of recovery in order to go to shops now, to go to the hairdresser, to go to banks as well. so, italy has gone
70% of the population and italy actually supports mandatory vaccines in the workplace and also for the over 50s, and actually the government, i think, is trying to do what it kind of meant to do last year when they first introduced the green path which is they are trying to boost the vaccination rate essentially by making these mandatory for the over 50s and work laces.— these mandatory for the over 50s and work laces. thank you very much _ 50s and work laces. thank you very much for— 50s and work laces. thank you very much forjoining - 50s and work laces. thank you very much forjoining us. - let's get some of the day's other news. china's debt laden property developer evergrande is expected to wrap up meetings with bondholders today. the series of meetings started on 7th january, with evergrande hoping for a 6—month extension on bond interest payment which comes up to $157 million. american and russian officials will hold talks in geneva today at the start of a crucial week
plane home. we begin in europe, where governments are struggling to contain the omicron variant. france has just recorded 335,000 new cases — a new daily record for the continent. the french parliament is debating legislation that would replace france's health pass with a vaccine pass, that would be required for entry into restaurants, bars and all public transport within the country. a negative test or recent recovery from covid will no longer suffice. austria will be the first eu country to introduce mandatory vaccinations starting in february. those who refuse to be vaccinated will be subject to fines. and the government of italy, which reported 189,000 covid infections today, also a new national record, is meeting to discuss making vaccines mandatory for all workers and the over—50s. our correspondent mark lowen reports from rome.
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you can't say you're 48 hours plus negative in terms of a test. you want to go to a ski resort, restaurant, so on and so forth that also applies. italy has a vaccination takeup rate of around about 85% with the recent measures and measures to push the over 50s of working age population as well to get vaccinated, isa. that has led to a three fold increase in the number of 50s that have taken up the vaccine in italy. there is evidence that these measures are working. of course, as you can imagine, they're rather divisive and getting a mixed reaction, isa. >> nina, stay with us. steven jiang, in xi'an -- in tianjin, pardon me. we have seen them stacking up testing everyone. given china's zero covid policy, how worried are authorities there? >> reporter: isa, this is really
the ability to take a quarter of your pension as tax—free cash. it's given loads of extra freedom. but, unless you're financially savvy, knowing how to manage the remaining 75% properly can be confusing. today's report basically says that the right advice is the missing part of the pensions jigsaw. and bad advice can mean bad experiences. like making a poor investment with your cash or being tricked into giving it away. in fact, the average amount of money people typically lose in a pension scam is now around £50,000 each. and these scams are becoming more common. the government does operate an advice service for over 50s called pension wise. but this report today says people should automatically be enrolled onto this service to make sure they don't miss out. mps also want a target of 60% of us either using pension wise or getting proper advice when we access our pension pots for the first time.
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treated than anyone else and he'll be on the next plane home. we begin in europe, where governments are struggling to contain the 0micron variant. france has just recorded 335,000 new cases — a new daily record for the continent. the french parliament is debating legislation that would replace france's health pass with a vaccine pass, that would be required for entry into restaurants, bars and all public transport within the country. a negative test or recent recovery from covid will no longer suffice. austria will be the first eu country to introduce mandatory vaccinations starting in february. those who refuse to be vaccinated will be subject to fines. and the government of italy, which reported 189,000 covid infections today, also a new national record, is meeting to discuss making vaccines mandatory for all workers and the over—50s. 0ur correspondent mark lowen reports from rome. the youngest to be armed