Occupational physicians will soon be able to find out the vaccination rate of employees in companies with more than 50 staff. This is due to a tool currently being developed which will cross-reference information from the National Social Security Office (NSSO) and Vaccinet, the database on vaccination status. The project is awaiting authorisation from the Information Security Committee. Only the External Service for Prevention and Protection at Work will be authorised to consult the information. Trade unions say they are very careful about data protection, as well as about other uses that could be made of the data by employers.
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