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The funeral chapel of Benedict XVI opens
The funeral chapel of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who died on December 31 at the age of 95, opened this Monday, January 2 at 9:00 a.m. for the last goodbye of the faithful, hundreds of whom have been waiting in line since dawn to enter. to Saint Peter’s Basilica and bid farewell to the pontiff.
The exhibition of the mortal remains of Benedict XVI, which will remain open until 7:00 p.m., was installed in the central nave of St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican.
The remains were transferred there from the Mater Ecclesiae monastery, in the Vatican gardens and where the pope emeritus resided since his historic resignation in February 2013 and where on January 1 they were watched over by friends, citizens and Vatican workers, as well as by the cardinals and members of the Curia.
Hospitals in Chinese provinces cancel holidays due to the wave of covid infections
Hospitals in Chinese provinces such as Hebei (north), Shanxi (center), Hunan (center) or Heilongjiang (northeast) have canceled their New Year holidays or are working overtime to deal with the wave of covid infections in the country.
This weekend, the Ministry of Emergency Management of China explained that the three days of holiday for the new year (December 31, January 1 and January 2) represent “the first long holiday” since ” optimize control prevention measures”, referring to the disarmament of the strict ‘zero covid’ policy begun in early December.
As a result of the relaxation of the restrictions, the Emergencies portfolio mentions the “heavy workload” of medical institutions and manufacturers of medicines and health products and recommends “strengthening the safety inspection” of these organizations.
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