Pope Francis gives 1,200 doses of Covid vaccine to the poor for Easter
Pope Francis on the occasion of Easter will donate 1,200 doses of the anti Covid vaccine to as many poor people in Rome. The administration of the Pfizer-BioNtech serum will take place during the Holy Week in the structure specifically set up inside the Paul VI Hall in the Vatican: “In the first place, the most vulnerable and needy”.
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In the egg of Easter this year 1,200 poor people in Rome will find as many doses of Covid vaccine. This is the gift that Pope francesco he wanted to do them on the occasion of the feast of the Resurrection, which is celebrated Sunday 6 April. During Holy Week, a thousand doses of the serum made by Pfizer-BioNTech, purchased by the Holy See and offered by the Lazzaro Spallanzani Hospital, through the Vatican Commission Covid-19, will be destined for the vaccination of 1200 people among the poorest and most marginalized, and who are the most exposed to Coronavirus due to their condition. Furthermore, the Apostolic Almsgiving announced, “in order to continue sharing the miracle of charity towards the most vulnerable brothers, and to give them the possibility of accessing this right”, it will be possible to make an online donation for a “vaccine suspended”, on the account of the Pope’s charity managed by the Apostolic Almsinery itself.
The administration will take place in the structure specifically set up inside the Paul VI Hall in the Vatican, and the same vaccine administered to the Pontiff and to the employees of the Holy See will be used. The doctors and health professionals employed will be i volunteers who work permanently in the “Madre di Misericordia” clinic, under Bernini’s colonnade, the employees of the Health and Hygiene Directorate of the Governorate of the Vatican City State and the volunteers of the Solidarity Medicine Institute and the Lazzaro Spallanzani Hospital.
It is not the first time that the Pope has helped the most disadvantaged groups during this phase of the pandemic. Last January, when the anti-Covid19 vaccination campaign began in the Vatican, Bergoglio himself wanted over twenty-five poor people to be among the first vaccinated people, mostly homeless, who live around St. Peter’s and who are assisted and welcomed daily by the assistance and residence facilities of the Apostolic Charity. Pope Francis has been addressing for months appeals to the powerful of the earth so that the poorest are not excluded from vaccination against Covid. “I ask everyone: state leaders, companies, international organizations, to promote cooperation and not competition, and to seek a solution for all: vaccines for everyone, especially for the most vulnerable and needy in all regions of the planet. In the first place, the most vulnerable and needy! ”. “In the face of a challenge that knows no boundaries, barriers cannot be erected. We are all in the same boat, “he said in his Christmas message.
