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The sister and brother-in-law of the bishop of Orihuela-Alicante also received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine on

January 8, the same day that the prelate of this Diocese

, Jesús Murgui, was vaccinated at the Priestly House. .

Similarly, the Vicar General of the Bishopric of Orihuela-Alicante, Vicente Martínez, received her on the same date.

This is stated in a statement from the Vicar General of this bishopric, in which he indicates that, since September 2012, the bishop's sister and her husband have been attending and living with the prelate.

"For this reason, they are linked healthily, like the Bishop, to the Priestly House", where "their sanitary address" is located, says the press release.

According to the Vicar General of the Bishopric of Orihuela-Alicante, the prelate's sister and brother-in-law "received the first dose of the vaccine when they were summoned on January 8, as in other vaccination campaigns."

Regarding

the vaccination of the Vicar General of the Bishopric of Orihuela-Alicante

, Vicente Martínez himself explains in the statement that he has been residing from November 2019 to September 2020 in the Priestly House "due to a serious spinal aplasia that has required the permanent assistance from the General Hospital and the nurses of the Priestly House ".

"Although I have improved from my illness, at present I continue receiving treatment, with continuous supervision by the same sanitary team of the Priestly House, although my residence is in the Diocesan Theologate which, as many know, is part of the same complex residential and is internally attached to the Priestly House ", indicates in the press release.

"In fact, it shares the same patio and the same kitchen and sanitary staff. This allows me to combine my work as rector at the Theologate and the proper monitoring of my illness," he adds.

The Vicar General of the Diocese of Orihuela-Alicante affirms that on January 8, due to his "health connection with the Priestly House and being a person at risk", he

was summoned to "receive the first dose of the vaccine

.

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The Ministry of Health investigates this injection of the first dose to the Bishop of Orihuela-Alicante.

This same week, the 74-year-old prelate resigned from receiving the second dose at the same center where the first was administered and announced that he was placing himself "in the hands of the Public Health Department to complete his vaccination when, where and as determined by the authority. health".

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