Fabrizio Soccorsi, personal doctor to Pope Francis, has died
after battling complications arising from COVID-19.
Soccorsi was said to have died at the Gemelli Hospital in
Rome, L’Osservatore Romano, the Vatican newspaper, reported on Saturday.
He was reportedly receiving treatment for “oncological
pathology” at the hospital before his death.
According to his profile published by the Vatican, the
78-year-old was appointed as the pope’s personal physician in 2015.
His daughter, Cristiana, is also said to have died in 2017
after a long-term illness.
Meanwhile, Francis has said he will receive the COVID-19
vaccine in a few days.
Speaking in an interview with Italy’s Canale 5 Channel on
Saturday, he urged everyone to receive the vaccine to ensure that they protect
themselves and everyone else.
“It is an ethical duty to take the vaccine. Here in the
Vatican, we will start next week. I am also in line to take it,” he said.
“There is a suicidal denial which I cannot explain, but
today we have to get vaccinated. I believe that ethically everyone should take
the vaccine.”
As of January 10, 2021, more than two million cases of the
coronavirus have been confirmed in Italy.
However, while 1.6 million people have recovered, over
75,000 deaths have been recorded.
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