Vatican officials have told employees they are at risk of being fired if they refuse a vaccine against coronavirus, Reuters reported on Thursday.
Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello said in a decision that employees who could not get the chance due to health reasons could be transferred to less public positions without reducing pay.
However, the decision further stated that those who have no health reason for refusing the vaccine will be subject to a 2011 law stating that they will have ‘different consequences that could lead to dismissal’ because they are not ‘preventative’ do not take. measures. ”
Bertello himself tested positive for the virus in March and went into isolation for two weeks.
Pope Francis
Pope Francis The Pope’s council on capitalism should rather address corrupt governments. Nun appointed to Vatican polls says ‘patriarchal mindset is changing’. stressed in the same way that he believes it is the responsibility of members of the public to receive the vaccination, and told the Italian media last month: “it is an ethical choice because [without the vaccine] you gamble with your health, with your life, but you also gamble with others’ lives. ”
The pope received the vaccine in January when the Vatican began its vaccination campaign.
The Vatican also said that only journalists who received vaccinations may accompany the pope during a trip to Iraq in March.
While Vatican City itself has seen fewer than 30 cases of the virus, Italy was one of the earlier European epicenter of the pandemic, with more than 2.75 million confirmed cases and 95,540 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University data.