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  • Italian officials apologised on Thursday after homosexuals were included alongside prostitutes and drug addicts in a list of groups eligible for priority coronavirus vaccination due to their "risky behaviour". The document issued by health authorities in the northwestern city of La Spezia listed 29 higher-risk categories eligible for priority access to Covid-19 vaccines. They included firemen, policemen, prisoners, pregnant women, health workers, but also those deemed to be "risky behaviour subjects". "We recognise it as a clear mistake for which we can only apologise," said the head of the La Spezia health authority, Paolo Cavagnaro, adding that the form would be corrected. Its existence was first publicised by Ferruccio Sansa, leader of the centre-left opposition in Liguria, the region including La Spezia. "We would like it to be a fake," Sansa wrote on Facebook, urging the regional government and the local health authority to explain themselves. Liguria President Giovanni Toti agreed that what happened was "incredible and shameful", but shifted the blame to the national government. He explained that the form was copied directly from a health ministry document. AFP verified that the document exists and was last updated this month. In a statement, the ministry said "old and outdated formulations will be immediately corrected", and stressed that sexual orientation had nothing to do with coronavirus infection risks. In Italy, a traditionally Catholic country, gay people have long complained about discrimination. Same-sex partnerships were legalised only in 2016. aa-ljm/ar/har
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  • Italian Covid officials sorry for gay 'risky behaviour' listing
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