COVID-19 pandemic in Vatican City

The COVID-19 pandemic has been occurring in Vatican City since March 2020 as part of the global COVID-19 pandemic that began in Wuhan , Hubei Province , People's Republic of China in December 2019 . The disease is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus from the Coronaviridae group . The disease belongs to the group of respiratory diseases . From March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) classified the outbreak of the novel coronavirus as a global pandemic . The Vatican City has about 450 inhabitants.

course

The first case occurred on March 5, 2020. The patient had attended a conference on artificial intelligence in Vatican City at the end of February ; the other participants were informed. On March 24, 2020, it was reported that two employees of the Vatican Museums and one employee of the Vatican Customs Office had tested positive for the virus. On March 28, 2020, the Vatican reported two more cases.

By mid-May, the total number of infected people rose to 12 people.

activities

The measures will be taken in accordance with the measures in force in the Italian Republic . St. Peter's Square and St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City are not accessible. Papal audiences only take place as a live stream. The Vatican Museums and Archives are closed, the Curia authorities are closed to the public , and the staff of the Vatican institutions work in shifts or in the home office . The Easter rites in and around St. Peter's Basilica took place without the attendance of worshipers , but were broadcast worldwide.

After deliberations by a crisis team headed by Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin , the protective measures in Vatican City were cautiously relaxed on May 4th, so a large number of the Curia’s staff returned to the offices. Shift work enables as few people as possible to work at the same time and thus have contact with one another.

On May 23, it was announced that the Vatican Museums will be reopened from June 1 under various precautionary measures such as the obligation to wear mouth and nose protection and temperature measurement for visitors.

statistics

Confirmed infections (cumulative) in Vatican City

New cases of infection (daily) in Vatican City

See also

• List of epidemics and pandemics
• List of deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic

Web links

Commons : COVID-19 Pandemic in Vatican City  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

• World of Meters website : real-time data on the corona virus pandemic (with a separate view of the Vatican City)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Pulmonologists on the net: Covid-19: Causes . lungenaerzte-im-netz.de. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
2. ↑ "Deeply Concerned". WHO speaks of corona pandemic . tagesschau.de. March 11, 2020, accessed April 14, 2020.
3. ^ First case of coronavirus on the grounds of the Vatican. Catholic.de, March 6, 2020, accessed on March 26, 2020 . 
4. ↑ Corona case in the Vatican affects participants in the AI ​​conference. kathisch.de, March 7, 2020, accessed on March 26, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Corona: Four infections in the Vatican. Vatican News, March 24, 2020, accessed March 26, 2020 . 
6. ↑ Covid-19: 2 new cases in the Vatican, another 170 people tested. Vatican News. March 28, 2020, accessed on April 29, 2020.
7. ↑ Vatican: Easter rites because of Corona without believers. kathisch.de, March 25, 2020, accessed on March 26, 2020 . 
8. ↑ Vatican: Further precautions against Corona by the beginning of May. Extensions of the measures. domradio.de, April 14, 2020, accessed on April 14, 2020 . 
9. ↑ How the Corona Crisis is slowing the Vatican. Catholic.de, May 3, 2020, accessed on May 15, 2020 . 
10. ↑ https://www.kathpress.at/goto/meldung/1893549/vatican-museen-oeffnen-erstmals- re-on the 1st of June

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