Receiving First Injection Of COVID-19 Vaccine, Pope Francis: Evidence Of Virtue To Life

Pope Francis (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

JAKARTA - Pope Francis received the first injection of the COVID-19 vaccine by Pfizer-BioNTech on Thursday, January 14. The whale, who is now 84 years old, is one of the priorities because he is an age vulnerable to the virus from Wuhan.

Launching Reuters, January 15, at the public vaccination ceremony, Pope Francis is accompanied by former Pope Benedict to get the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. This effort was made as the main agenda of the Vatican to break the chain of the spread of COVID-19.

Vaccination is also a mandatory Vatican agenda because both the Pope and the former Pope have their own history of disease. Pope Francis once had lung problems when he was young. Meanwhile Pope Benedict has a number of diseases due to old age, considering that he is 93 years old.

In his speeches Pope Francis has indeed echoed vaccination. Vaccination, said Pope Francis, is a form of someone who is more virtuous in life. Because, by vaccinating someone can save the lives of others.

"This is an ethical choice because you are gambling with your health, with your life, but you are also gambling with the lives of others," he told Italian TV station Canale 5.

So far the Vatican has confirmed 26 cases of COVID-19 transmission. Among them, the Vatican has not had a death case.