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Pope Francis: Coronavirus vaccine must be available for everyone

By Nicholas Rowan
Published August 19, 2020 1:52pm ET
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Pope Francis: Coronavirus vaccine must be available for everyone
Faithful watch Pope Francis deliver the Angelus prayer on a giant screen, in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, March 8, 2020. Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced a sweeping coronavirus quarantine early Sunday, restricting the movements of about a quarter of the country's population in a bid to limit contagions at the epicenter of Europe's outbreak.

Pope Francis on Wednesday urged countries to provide coronavirus vaccines for everyone when they become available.

“It would be sad if, for the vaccine for COVID-19, priority were to be given to the richest! It would be sad if this vaccine were to become the property of this nation or another, rather than universal and for all,” Francis said during his weekly general audience.

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