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Pope Francis has received the coronavirus vaccine, according to Vatican sources.<\/p>\n
It comes just a day after the Pontiff's close personal doctor died of Covid-19.<\/p>\n
The 84-year-old received the jab in the atrium of the Paul VI Hall, according to reports.<\/p>\n
He was one of the first in the Vatican to be inoculated with the Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine, La Nacion reported.<\/p>\n
The Pope is due to receive the second dose in three weeks.<\/p>\n
He recently revealed he would get the injection and said \u201cethically everyone should receive the vaccine\u201d.<\/p>\n
The Pope said people who refused take it despite it being known to be safe possessed a \u201csuicidal denialism\u201d.<\/p>\n
He added: "I believe that ethically everyone should take the vaccine, it is an ethical option, because you risk your health, your life, but you also risk the lives of others. <\/p>\n
"Next week we will begin to do it here, in the Vatican and I have reserved a shift. It has to be done."<\/p>\n
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