Pope Francis and Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI were vaccinated against Covid-19 | World

The Argentine pope received the first dose of the vaccine on Wednesday. The German pope emeritus was vaccinated on Thursday.

The Vatican vaccination campaign began on Wednesday, according to the Holy See website.

At this time, priority is given to health professionals and elderly residents of the city-state, headquarters of the Catholic Church, located within Rome.

In a second step, the workers’ relatives – assisted by the Health Assistance Fund – can be vaccinated.

On Sunday, Francisco said that the vaccine “is not an option, it is an ethical action” in an interview broadcast on Italian television.

The campaign is voluntary and the vaccine will not be applied to children and people under 18 years of age because the vaccine distributed, the one developed by Pfizer with BioNTech, has not been tested in this group.

When he was young, Pope Francis had an illness that forced him to remove part of one of his lungs.

The Pope’s doctor, Fabrizio Soccorsi, 78, died of complications related to Covid-19.

Benedict XVI suffers from erysipelas on the face, an infectious disease characterized by facial rashes and episodes of intense pain.

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