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Photo Story – Italian President gets vaccine

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epa09063570 A handout photo made available by the Quirinale Palace Press Office shows Italian President Sergio Mattarella (C) at Spallanzani hospital waiting to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in Rome, Italy, 09 March 2021. EPA-EFE/QUIRINALE HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

Italian President Sergio Mattarella was vaccinated against COVID-19 Tuesday at Italy’s premier infectious disease hospital, the Spallanzani in Rome. This came as vaccinations got into full swing for 79-year-olds and older people in Rome, sources said.

A handout photo made available by the Quirinale Palace Press Office shows Italian President Sergio Mattarella (C) at Spallanzani hospital waiting to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in Rome, Italy, 09 March 2021. EPA-EFE/QUIRINALE HANDOUT

The president, who will be 80 in July, got a dose of the Moderna vaccine. After getting the jab he waited for 15 minutes before leaving the hospital.

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