The current health emergency situation has made it necessary to adapt safety regulations.
The Vatican forces to have the vaccination passport or of having overcome the disease of the covid-19 to all its employees and the booster dose to those who have tasks of attention to the public and will suspend the salary of those who are not in order, as published today in a general decree of the Secretariat of State.
The Vatican had been one of the first countries in the world to oblige your employees to present the health certificate, which allowed the possibility of presenting a negative test valid for 48 hours in substitution of the vaccine.
However, as read in the decree that will enter into force today, the current health emergency situation has forced adapt security regulations.
The vaccination passport will be required for all workers and people visiting the Vatican.
Who will not have the vaccination passport or the certificate of having overcome the virus, “you will not be able to access the job and he will be considered absent and the remuneration will be suspended while the absence lasts ”.
In addition, from January 31, Vatican workers who have contact with the public will also have to possess the booster dose.
They are exempt from this obligation, since they are not mentioned in the decree, the faithful attending liturgical ceremonies and masses that are celebrated both in San Pedro and in the parish of Santa Anna and also the audiences in the Paul VI classroom. (I)
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