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Pope Francis’s personal physician, Dr. Fabrizio Soccorsi, died on Saturday as a result of the coronavirus, the Vatican said.

Dr. Soccorsi, 78, had been in hospitalized at the Gemelli Hospital in Rome and was being treated for cancer, but died “because of complications from Covid-19,” according to Vatican News, the Vatican’s online news portal. Francis selected Dr. Soccorsi to be his personal physician in 2015.

Dr. Soccorsi specialized in internal medicine, and served for a time as the chairman of the hepatology department at the San Camillo Hospital in Rome. He also taught immunology at the Rome and Lazio Region Medical School.

The Vatican newspaper, l’Osservatore Romano, wrote in an obituary published on Saturday that Dr. Soccorsi had been “profoundly affected,” by the “premature death” of his daughter, Cristiana, in June 2017.

Social distancing measures and other pandemic safety protocols were imposed in Vatican City in March. Since then, several senior church figures, including cardinals, have tested positive for the virus. In all, twenty-seven residents of Vatican City, out of a total population of roughly 800, have tested positive, according to a New York Times database.

In a television interview scheduled for broadcast in Italy Sunday evening, the pope said he would be vaccinated as soon as this week, and he called on everyone to get vaccinated when possible, calling it an ethical choice to do so.