<p>The Vatican announced Saturday its Covid-19 vaccination campaign will begin "in the next few days" with health workers and the elderly to receive vaccines from the second half of January.</p>.<p>No mention was made in the short press release about Pope Francis and when the 84-year-old pontiff will receive a vaccine.</p>.<p>"It is foreseeable that the vaccines could arrive in the State in the second week of January, in a sufficient quantity to cover the needs of the Holy See and the Vatican City State," it said.</p>.<p>The Vatican has purchased a low temperature refrigerator for storing the vaccine, with inoculations to start in the second half of January, it said.</p>.<p>Priority would be given to "health and public safety personnel, the elderly and personnel most frequently in contact with the public."</p>
<p>The Vatican announced Saturday its Covid-19 vaccination campaign will begin "in the next few days" with health workers and the elderly to receive vaccines from the second half of January.</p>.<p>No mention was made in the short press release about Pope Francis and when the 84-year-old pontiff will receive a vaccine.</p>.<p>"It is foreseeable that the vaccines could arrive in the State in the second week of January, in a sufficient quantity to cover the needs of the Holy See and the Vatican City State," it said.</p>.<p>The Vatican has purchased a low temperature refrigerator for storing the vaccine, with inoculations to start in the second half of January, it said.</p>.<p>Priority would be given to "health and public safety personnel, the elderly and personnel most frequently in contact with the public."</p>