Pope s personal doctor dies from Covid-19 complications
From CNN’s Livia Borghese in Rome
Pope Francis personal doctor, Fabrizio Soccorsi, has died as a result of “complications due to Covid,” the Vatican’s newspaper L’Osservatore Romano announced on Saturday.
Pope Francis chose Soccorsi as a personal doctor in 2015, the news outlet said. He was 78 years old when he died.
Soccorsi was hospitalized in Rome on December 26 for a previous oncological disease, according to the Italian Bishop’s Conference newspaper Avvenire. It’s unclear exactly when he was last in direct contact with Pope Francis.
In an interview with Italy s Canale 5 channel set to air on Sunday night, Pope Francis said the Vatican will begin Covid-19 vaccinations next week and he is in line to take it.
Italy received 100,000 fewer doses of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine than expected
From CNN s Livia Borghese in Rome
A doctor prepares a dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at a hospital in Cremona, Italy, on January 6. Marco Mantovani/Getty Images
Italy received
100,000 fewer doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine than expected this week, the office in charge of the country s vaccine distribution told CNN Wednesday.
According to the agreement between the EU and vaccine companies, Italy should receive
470,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine every week.
This week it only received 370,000 doses.
According to the country s Health Ministry, Italy has so far administered nearly 250,000 inoculations, which is 54.1% of the doses it received this week.