Pope Francis came today to greet the homeless or those in trouble who were being vaccinated in the atrium of the Paul VI Hall, thanks to a vaccination campaign for the most vulnerable launched by the Vatican.
The Pope greeted the doctors and nurses, followed the procedure for preparing the doses of the vaccine and spoke to the people who were waiting for the vaccination, people who were welcomed and accompanied by some Roman societies, and took some photos with them.
To date, approximately 800 homeless people have been vaccinated in the Vatican with the first dose and 1,200 are expected to be fully immunized.
The first group of 100 were vaccinated on March 31, and they were people housed in the Missionaries of Charity’s dormitory of San Gregorio al Celio and residents in other Roman buildings.
The Vatican, which has immunized all of its residents and workers, has begun a campaign to vaccinate the most vulnerable with the purchase of doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine supplied by the Roman hospital Lazzaro Spallanzani.
“The doctors and health workers who will be vaccinating are the volunteers who already work permanently at the” Madre di Misericordia “clinic, located under the Bernini colonnade (in Saint Peter’s Square) and the employees of the Government Health and Hygiene Directorate . from Vatican City and the volunteers from the Institute of Solidarity Medicine and the Spallanzani “, of Rome”, the Vatican explained
With this measure, which aims to “specify the calls of Pope Francis so that no one is excluded from the vaccination campaign against COVID-19,” they emphasized.
The Vatican City Health and Hygiene Directorate has reserved approximately 10,000 vaccines from the pharmaceutical company Pfizer for its vaccination campaign among its nearly 3,000 employees and 800 residents.
Francisco, 84, received the second dose of the coronavirus vaccine last February.
“I ask everyone, heads of state, companies, international organizations, to promote cooperation and not competition, to find a solution for all vaccines for all, especially for the most vulnerable and needy in all regions of the planet. needy! ”said the Pope in an appeal at the end of 2020.