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Four members of the Swiss Guard, the elite security team that protects the Pope and Vatican City, have tested positive for coronavirus, the Vatican press office said Monday.
The total number of Swiss Guard who have contracted coronavirus is now seven, meaning close to 1% of the residents of Vatican City are infected.
The guards who have tested positive are in isolation and contact tracing efforts have begun, the Vatican said.
The guards, who are known for their billowy and colorful uniforms, are Swiss men who are Catholic and under 30 years old. They serve under the pope for two-year tours of duty while living communally in barracks with the other guard in Vatican City.
The new infections come following the publication of new photos of Pope Francis, 83, standing with controversial Australian Cardinal George Pell while both are maskless. Pell’s secretary and the Vatican photographer were also reportedly maskless. The pontiff is considered more vulnerable to coronavirus than others because he had part of his lung removed during an illness when he was a young man in Argentina.
The Vatican recently put in place new coronavirus safety measures including requiring social distancing and for masks to be worn at all times indoors and outdoors.
Pope Francis had previously been reported to be reluctant to wear a mask when in crowds, despite more than a dozen Vatican officials contracting coronavirus earlier in the pandemic. Italy, which had one of the worst outbreaks of COVID-19 earlier this year, is also, like several other locations in Europe, seeing indications of a second wave of infections.
Italy on Friday reported 5,000 new cases in a single day for the first time since March.
With News Wire Services