Elizabeth II and Prince Philip vaccinated against COVID-19, next in line - Pope
'10.01.2021'
Source: TSN
94-year-old Queen Elizabeth II and her 99-year-old husband Philip were vaccinated against coronavirus, writes "TSN".
According to the BBC, citing its source, the Queen and Prince were vaccinated by their personal physician, who arrived at Windsor Castle, where Elizabeth II and Prince Philip now reside.
Buckingham Palace officials said in a statement that Queen Elizabeth II, 94, and Prince Philip, 99, were injected on Saturday, joining an estimated 1,5 million people in the UK who received their first dose of the vaccine.
On December 2, 2020, the UK authorities gave permission to use the coronavirus vaccine developed by the American company Pfizer and the German BioNTech. The decision to use the vaccine was based on the results of the third phase of clinical trials, which demonstrated the effectiveness of the drug at the level of 95%.
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Royal officials said they have taken the rare step of commenting on the monarch's health to prevent inaccuracies and further speculation. The palace said in a statement that the queen "decided she would announce that she had been vaccinated," writes the Daily Mail.
Whether other members of the British royal family will be vaccinated is not yet known.
Pope Francis plans to be vaccinated against coronavirus next week. He called on other citizens to do this, because, according to him, “from an ethical point of view,” every person needs to be vaccinated against COVID-19, writes "TSN".
“I think that from an ethical point of view, everyone should get vaccinated, because the health and lives of other people depend on it,” said the Pope.
The head of the Catholic Church noted that earlier it was with the help of vaccination that mankind managed to defeat such dangerous diseases as polio and measles. Francis expressed surprise at why some consider vaccines to be dangerous and deny them. In his opinion, such an objection is suicidal.
