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The Vatican will begin voluntary vaccination against Covid-19 in mid-January in which health personnel, security agents and personnel who work facing the public and the elderly will be prioritized.
Although the Vatican press office has not confirmed whether the pope, who turned 84 last December, will be vaccinated.
The vaccination campaign will last during the first three months of 2021 and will benefit both workers and all residents of the small Vatican State.
In total, the territory of the Holy See has about 800 effective residents, although the employees who work in any of the agencies under its jurisdiction number about 3,000.
According to the statement published by the Directorate of Health and Hygiene of the Governorate of the State of Vatican City, the doses of Pfizer vaccines will arrive around the second week of January “in sufficient quantity to cover the needs” of the Holy See. .
The doses will be administered in the Paul VI classroom of the Vatican by qualified nursing personnel.
Also with Pfizer vaccines
The new director of this entity, Andrea Arcangeli, has indicated that they have bought vaccines manufactured by the pharmaceutical company Pfizer whose effectiveness has been demonstrated in 95% of cases.
“Currently this vaccine is the only one that is in the approval process by the European and United States health authorities. As is known, in England they have already started vaccination with this product,” he assured.
In any case, it has not ruled out that in the future “other vaccines produced with different methods may be introduced after having evaluated their efficacy and full safety”.
For the moment, the vaccination campaign will exclude those under 18 years of age, pregnant women and people with allergies.
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