ZCZC
BFF-27
HEALTH-VIRUS-VATICAN-VACCINES
Vatican to begin vaccinations second half of January
ROME, Jan 2, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – The Vatican announced Saturday its Covid-19
vaccination campaign will begin “in the next few days” with health workers
and the elderly to receive vaccines from the second half of January.
No mention was made in the short press release about Pope Francis and when
the 84-year-old pontiff will receive a vaccine.
“It is foreseeable that the vaccines could arrive in the State in the
second week of January, in a sufficient quantity to cover the needs of the
Holy See and the Vatican City State,” it said.
The Vatican has purchased a low temperature refrigerator for storing the
vaccine, with inoculations to start in the second half of January, it said.
Priority would be given to “health and public safety personnel, the
elderly and personnel most frequently in contact with the public.”
BSS/AFP/SSS/1747 hrs