Francis, who has been vaccinated, as has former Pope Benedict, 93, has said getting a jab is the ethnical choice unless there are serious medical reasons not to

Pope Francis poses for a photograph on Good Friday at a vaccination centre in the Paul VI Hall where the poor and homeless are being inoculated, at the Vatican, April 2, 2021.

Pope makes surprise visit to homeless getting COVID-19 vaccine

Shot is expected to be authorized by the European Union on Thursday

Overall, the vaccine prevented moderate to severe Covid-19 by 66.1 percent 28 days after the shot, but this rose to 85.4 percent when considering only severe disease

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Commission president Ursula von der Leyen announced the coming legislative proposal in a speech to German conservative lawmakers on Monday

President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen addresses a joint news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the start of the German Presidency by video conference at the EU Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium July 2, 2020.

EU to propose vaccine passports in March in time for summer

The government has extended a publicly-funded scheme providing one-euro meals to those on grants and made it available to all students

Students get food during a distribution organised by French charity food distribution association "Les Restos du Coeur" (Restaurants of the Heart) at a CROUS student residence in Paris during the coronavirus disease pandemic in France, February 16, 2021.

Students in France wait for food handouts as COVID-19 destroys part-time jobs

The mission has been plagued by delays, concern over access and bickering between China and the United States

Peter Ben Embarek, a member of the World Health Organisation (WHO) team tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), leaves his quarantine hotel in Wuhan, Hubei province, China January 28, 2021.

Pope makes surprise visit to homeless getting COVID-19 vaccine

What you need to know about the J&J vaccine

EU to propose vaccine passports in March in time for summer

Students in France wait for food handouts as COVID-19 destroys part-time jobs

WHO team in Wuhan investigating COVID origins leaves quarantine

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Pope makes surprise visit to homeless getting COVID-19 vaccine

What you need to know about the J&J vaccine

EU to propose vaccine passports in March in time for summer

Students in France wait for food handouts as COVID-19 destroys part-time jobs

WHO team in Wuhan investigating COVID origins leaves quarantine