In the Vatican, Pope Francis will soon receive the vaccine against Covid-19.
The Sovereign Pontiff said he wanted to set an example and fight against "suicidal negationism".
Pope Francis announced on Saturday that he would be vaccinated "next week", in an interview with the Italian television channel Canale 5, saying that opposition to the vaccine against the Covid reflects "suicidal denial".
"Next week, we will start to do it [at the Vatican] and I have made an appointment, it must be done", he declared in this interview which is to be broadcast on Sunday evening but of which some extracts were media releases.
Faced with the vaccine, "there is a suicidal denial that I could not explain, but today we must be vaccinated".
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