The Vatican will start its COVID-19 vaccination “in the next few days” with health workers and the elderly to receive the vaccine first.
“It is foreseeable that the vaccines could arrive in the State in the second week of January,” read a press statement from the Directorate of Health and Hygiene of the Vatican.
It said the vaccines will come in “a sufficient quantity to cover the needs of the Holy See and the Vatican City State.”
The Vatican has already purchased a low temperature refrigerator for storing the vaccine.
The Directorate said the campaign should kick-off in the second half of January, and priority will be given to categories most exposed to the infection and to those who have opted for it.
“Priority will be given to health and public safety personnel, to the elderly and to personnel who most frequently come in contact with the public,” read the statement.
The vaccinations will take place in the atrium of the Paul VI audience hall and will be administered by qualified medical and nursing staff of the Directorate of Health and Hygiene.
