The Vatican signed a decree this Thursday (02.18.2021) that indicates that it may “end the employment relationship” of employees who refuse to be vaccinated against COVID-19 if they do not have “proven health reasons.”
The sanctions provided for in Article 6 refer to a 2011 Vatican law that already provided “responsibility and consequences” for city-state workers who do not undergo “official medical examinations.”
Both Pope Francis, 84, and Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, 93, have already received the second dose of the coronavirus vaccine.
The Vatican launched a vaccination campaign last February among its nearly 800 residents and more than 3,000 employees and their families. To do this, it reserved about 10,000 vaccines from Pfizer.
“I believe that ethically everyone has to be vaccinated. It is an ethical option because it concerns your life, but also that of others,” Francisco said in an interview before receiving the first dose.
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos (here with his girlfriend Lauren Sánchez at the Taj Mahal) plays in his own league. The mail order business is in more demand than ever due to the pandemic. His actions go from record to record. Jeff Bezos, who was the richest man in the world before, has now become significantly richer. According to Forbes, he has a fortune of 160 billion euros.
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Winners of the coronavirus pandemic
With one eye on top: Musk
Build cars but value yourself as a tech company! Elon Musk managed to do it with Tesla. Your company has benefited from the explosion of technology stocks in the stock market during the pandemic. Recently, the South African-born businessman surpassed Bill Gates and, with his fortune currently estimated at 110 billion euros, he is now approaching the head of Amazon.
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Winners of the coronavirus pandemic
Again Amazon
The mail order company didn’t just make Jeff Bezos even richer in the pandemic. MacKenzie Scott, his ex-wife, also made big profits thanks to her participation in stocks and rose to the first place in the ranking of the richest women in the world, with a fortune estimated at almost 60 billion euros.
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Winners of the coronavirus pandemic
Suddenly everyone went Zoom!
The need to work from home in a pandemic has been a blessing for Eric Yuan. The founder of Zoom came from China to the US, at the age of 27. After some time with the current competition, WebEx, created its own video platform. In 2019 it went public with Zoom. Its market value has skyrocketed with the coronavirus. Yuan’s net worth is estimated at 16 billion euros.
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Winners of the coronavirus pandemic
With the coach at home
Closed gyms and contact restrictions put John Foley on the board. As early as 2013 he had advertised his network training equipment on Kickstarter. Today, investors are after him to bet on his company, Peloton. The share price tripled at the start of the pandemic. Thus, unexpectedly, this man of almost 50 years became a billionaire.
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Winners of the coronavirus pandemic
From Koblenz to the world
With Shopify, merchants can create their own online stores. Tobias Lütke, 39, is behind the concept. Born in Koblenz, he emigrated to Canada in 2002 and started, as usual in North America, in a garage. Shopify is the most valuable company in Canada today. The value of its shares has more than doubled since March. Forbes estimates Lütke’s fortune at 7.5 billion euros.
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Winners of the coronavirus pandemic
Suddenly famous and billionaire
Ugur Sahin already made the right bet in January: the coronavirus vaccine, which he has developed with BioNTech, his company in Mainz, could be approved shortly. This means that Sahin, who emigrated to Germany from Turkey, has not only become world famous, but also extremely wealthy. The value of his shares in the company is estimated at more than two billion euros.
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Winners of the coronavirus pandemic
The ingredients of success
Kitchen combos provider HelloFresh is booming: according to the quarterly balance of the beginning of November, its sales doubled and its profits more than tripled. Co-founder and shareholder Dominik Richter benefits from closed restaurants and a tendency to self-cook. You are not yet one of the coronavirus billionaires, but you already have the right ingredients on hand.
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