Vaccinations during the Easter period in Sicilian churches. AND' the agreement established between the Sicilian Region and the Sicilian Bishops' Conference. In a period in which we are looking for every useful place to continue with the vaccination campaign, the Sicilian one is really a good idea. There will be five hundred parishes on the island that will make their premises available to proceed with vaccinations on the days of April 3 and 4, that is, on Easter Saturday and Sunday. So those who go to the churches for the celebrations, albeit restricted due to the pandemic, will also be able to take advantage of this service.
Vaccinations in eighteen dioceses of the island
There will therefore be 500 administration centers in Sicilian parishes. The proposal had been made in recent days by the regional health department. And it was welcomed by the Cesi, the conference of bishops. The administration of the doses will begin on April 3, the day which coincides with Holy Saturday.
To whom is the vaccination service in churches addressed?
Citizens aged between 69 and 79 will be able to take advantage of the special Easter vaccination campaign. The target indicated by the region therefore concerns this category of users for whom the AstraZeneca vaccine is intended. But in order to be able to carry out everything regularly, a volunteer machine will also be organized to welcome users. In addition, in each center there will be a doctor, a nurse and an administrator to fill in the forms. The picture therefore seems clear. All that remains is to go to the chosen places and take advantage of the service.
The centers in the eighteen dioceses
Therefore, up to a maximum of 100 vaccines are intended for each parish chosen. However, a minimum of 50 memberships are required. According to the various dioceses, here is the number of parishes. Acireale will be 22, Agrigento 51, Caltagirone 19, Caltanissetta 21, Catania 53, Cefalù 18, Mazara del Vallo 23. And Messina, 56 Monreale, 23 Nicosia 15, Noto 22, Palermo 53, Patti 18, Piana degli Albanesi 7, Piazza Armerina 27, Ragusa 21 and Syracuse 28.
"That of this year - Razza wrote in the letter sent to the Sicilian Bishops' Conference - it will be a true Easter of rebirth. It is for this reason that, having invoked the help and contribution of all, the fathers of the Sicilian church have accepted our invitation to sensitize all citizens to participate in the campaign vaccinal ". "In thanking each of you for the precious collaboration, also on behalf of the president of the Sicilian Region, Nello Musumeci - Razza added - I wish to renew the sentiments of devotion and gratitude to the Sicilian Episcopal Conference, and to its president Monsignor Salvatore Gristina. In the hope that that of next April 3 will be only the first 'proof' of an expansive activity of the vaccination campaign that can be repeated in the future".
And after the churches vaccinations also on the beaches
A special Easter then for the Sicilians who can get vaccinated. But governor Musumeci announced that after the parishes vaccinations are also hypothesized at the sea. "We are ready - he said - to carry out vaccinations also in bathing establishments, naturally in agreement with the federation concerned and the consent of the owners. But we can do it as soon as we have the vaccines. We must never stop, not even in summer".
