“Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, as part of regular diagnostic tests conducted in Phanar (the residence of the patriarch), tested positive for coronavirus today, Friday, December 24, 2021,” RIA Novosti quotes a statement from the Patriarchate.
It is noted that the patriarch was fully vaccinated, he has mild symptoms of the disease.
On the eve of the Director General of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that 2022 should be the final year for the coronavirus pandemic.