[GTranslate]VATICAN CITY – Vaccine to the poor people in the Vatican, in the presence of Pope Francis. This morning, Good Friday, the Pontiff went to the atrium of the Paul VI Hall while the serum infiltration of homeless people or people in difficulty, welcomed and accompanied by some Roman associations, was taking place. As reported by the news agency Vatican News (https://www.vaticannews.va/), Pope Francis greeted the doctors and nurses, chatting with people awaiting vaccination (in the pic by Vatican News). 800 people vaccinated with the first dose: 1200 in all will receive it this week, thanks to the initiative of the Apostolic Charity, to give substance to Pope Francis’ various appeals so that “no one is excluded from the anti Covid vaccination campaign- 19”.
The doses of Pfizer-Biontech vaccine were purchased by the Holy See and offered by the “Lazzaro Spallanzani” hospital in Rome, while the doctors, health workers and volunteers of the “Madre di Misericordia” clinic provide service for the inoculations. in St. Peter’s Square, which have already offered assistance to more than 1,200 marginalized people from 96 countries, with swabs and diagnoses.
In addition, online donations were opened on the account of Pope Francis’ charity managed by the Charity on the website www.elemosineria.va: a sort of “suspended vaccine” to reiterate that everyone, as the Pontiff has repeatedly recalled, ” they must have access to the vaccine, without anyone being excluded because of poverty ”.