03-26-2020, 04:26 PM
Clergyman in Pope’s residence infected with coronavirus
A clergyman who lives in the same residence as Pope Francis has been infected with coronavirus
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The Italian was reported Thursday to have tested positive for COVID-19 and has been hospitalised.
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Several Italian newspapers with reputable sources in the Vatican said the clergyman has lived for years in the Saint Martha’s guesthouse.
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Il Messaggero said the person is "one of the pope’s closest collaborators, an official of the Secretariate of the State, who was found to have a slight temperature after going in for a routine check."
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The daily La Stampa said the unnamed person has been hospitalised in Rome and that his office has been disinfected.
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Pope Francis has remained largely secluded at his residence since coming down with a cold late last month.
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The 83-year-old pontiff has a small apartment in the building and that's where his meals are taken. La Stampa said Pope Francis has been "eating alone in his room for some time" as a precaution.
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He also has private meetings and occasionally moves to the Vatican library to record livestreamed messages to the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics.
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A clergyman who lives in the same residence as Pope Francis has been infected with coronavirus
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The Italian was reported Thursday to have tested positive for COVID-19 and has been hospitalised.
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Several Italian newspapers with reputable sources in the Vatican said the clergyman has lived for years in the Saint Martha’s guesthouse.
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Il Messaggero said the person is "one of the pope’s closest collaborators, an official of the Secretariate of the State, who was found to have a slight temperature after going in for a routine check."
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The daily La Stampa said the unnamed person has been hospitalised in Rome and that his office has been disinfected.
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Pope Francis has remained largely secluded at his residence since coming down with a cold late last month.
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The 83-year-old pontiff has a small apartment in the building and that's where his meals are taken. La Stampa said Pope Francis has been "eating alone in his room for some time" as a precaution.
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He also has private meetings and occasionally moves to the Vatican library to record livestreamed messages to the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics.
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